To wonder why 'thin is in'?

[loverofchoc]

DH and I were discussing this with a group of friends earlier today - why are all models now expected to be so thin?

Normally, nobody finds it attractive (obviously bar a few exceptions). The majority of men prefer at least some moderate feminine curves and the majority of females feel slightly sick looking at a really clinically underweight model. It's extremely damaging for these women who starve themselves to be in that profession and surely we'd all be more persuaded to buy stuff if the person modelling it looked happy and healthy...

I don't mean naturally skinny like some people who struggle to gain weight . I mean really, really, anorexic thin like a supermodel.

Any theories?

But your average person in the UK is way overweight anyway, surely 'thin is in' is a good thing . Really dislike the 'real women have curves etc.' attitudes

M and S have started using very very thin, young and pale models on their website - I really don't think it appeals to their demographic. The clothes look awful : they hang off the women in the pictures and then they also put odd flat lace ups on their feet...

And they wonder why their sales are falling...

MrsPMT I think that those models are justbbordering on too thin. It's catwalk models that are worse.

MrsPMT but being too thin is no better than being overweight.

I'm thin. I've gained weight in the past due to illness or medication. I hated it. It doesn't feel healthy, I looked awful. I get much more male attention thin.

Different strokes for different folks.

I don't think collarbones are a good indicator - I have to be very slim to get the hint of them whereas my friend has them when she's a size 16.
Skinny models is nothing particularly new - the Ramos and Reston deaths were a decade ago now.
The vs girls have got a lot skinnier now though than when it was Heidi, Tyra etc

I think that those models are justbbordering on too thin. It's catwalk models that are worse.

Modeling has got nothing to do with the woman and everything to do with the clothes. The clothes look better on someone thin than they would on someone of an average weight/build.

This has been a thing for decades. Why are you just now bringing it up?

I have never seen any high street models who look "dangerously thin." I don't know why it's so hard for some people to accept that there are people out there who are slim without having to starve themselves to do so.

SuperBeagle but they'll be worn by someone with an average weight and build. Why have them modelled by someone who is not a realistic representation?

Don't know where you've been for the last 25 years that you think this is a new development? Do you not remember Heroin Chic in the early 90s?

Do you consider this way too thin? If so then you have a distorted view of body shape. Thin, but not unhealthy.
She looks perfectly normal to me.

From M&S

BaggyCheeks I never said it was a new thing. I just happened to participate in a discussion about it today.

but they'll be worn by someone with an average weight and build. Why have them modelled by someone who is not a realistic representation?

No, they won't, generally. Most people cannot afford Chanel, and those who can tend to be thinner anyway. Statistically, wealthier people are thinner than their less wealthy counterparts.

I don't think these high fashion brands are struggling from not "depicting a real representation of women".

I so disagree with this 'clothes look better on thin women' bullshit. This is all part of the male gaze!! Perhaps these designers should start designing clothes that look better on ordinary women ???

The clothes emphatically do NOT look better on the new M and S models. They look awful.

Lots of the reviewers comments say the clothes looked better on them than they expected from the website.

Average now is overweight. Which, in my opinion, isn't attractive. People wouldn't buy the clothes.

Lwedj that's a perfectly healthy weight IMO.

Even the 'curvier' Victoria Secrets models have to go to ridiculous lengths to reduce their weight in the days leading up to their tacky VS catwalk extravaganza.

OP

You did say:

why are all models now expected to be so thin?

1990s Cindy Crawford would be too heavy for today's catwalk.

sqoosh I've seen it - it's horrific. Kendall Jenner rarely eats but does drink 12 cups of detox tea per day apparently.

squoosh and she looked amazing. I'd be more persuaded to buy clothes modelled by her than someone stick thin.

It's not new. Models for 20 years have expected to be super human slim

www.marksandspencer.com/cotton-blend-striped-skater-dress/p/p22501225?image=SD_01_T42_8007T_B4_X_EC_90&color=REDMIX&prevPage=plp&pdpredirect

She does not represent your 'average ' shopper at M and S.

Op has a point.

does drink 12 cups of detox tea per day apparently

Apparently

Don't make assumptions about the lifestyles and diet choices of people you don't know and never will know.

I was thinking there were more larger models, and varying sizes than there used to be They're likely to be slim, though, on the whole; being quite young, quite tall, probably very slim. I didn't think it was a new 'in' thing.

Does it really matter?