to not want all models to look like 'real' women?

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Just that really. I am much more likely to buy clothing if the model looks like looks slim. I don't care for the current thing of showing clothes (aside from specifically for plus sized ofc) on fat people. It's not as attractive.
I am a thin person but have been fat by the way.

YANBU

Im an 18-20 and hate seeing clothes on larger models. Also hate seeing them on super slim ones. I prefer seeing them on 12-16 size so you get an idea of the shape.

I think a lot of online shopping images are influencers etc as companies discovered they can save on costs doing this during lockdown. It doesnt work for me.

Im an 18-20 and hate seeing clothes on larger models. Also hate seeing them on super slim ones. I prefer seeing them on 12-16 size so you get an idea of the shape.

But 12-16 are "normal women", the kind of women OP is talking about are at most 10 or under. It would be ideal for most if they actually showed clothes on 12-16 women.

Too late - overweight people make up over half of the UK population, and a larger majority each year.

Meanwhile it gets more difficult to find clothes that fit my slim body, as brand inflate a size "small" to mean "10-12" (actual sizes in Primark) and size 6 clothes gets pulled from the shelves for "encouraging bad body image" (this actually happened while I worked in a department store).

At the same time, the body types that people decry as "painfully thin" and "eating disordered" and (ugh!) "weight suppressed" get larger every year. This year it's a size 10. What will it be like in another ten years' time?

I’m with you OP.

It’s an unpopular opinion but if I’m honest I prefer to see clothes modelled on slim women. I’m slim and look after my body and lately I’ve been put off buying things because they don’t look nice on the model! I can’t picture what it would look like on me, so I don’t buy.

I’ve noticed this especially for period pants, strangely. All the models are fat!

(There are also issues with normalising being overweight, which I don’t think is good for our young girls. Fat isn’t healthy. But that’s for another thread.)

Which are the sites that don't predominantly use slim women?

Too late - overweight people make up over half of the UK population, and a larger majority each year.

Meanwhile it gets more difficult to find clothes that fit my slim body, as brand inflate a size "small" to mean "10-12" (actual sizes in Primark) and size 6 clothes gets pulled from the shelves for "encouraging bad body image" (this actually happened while I worked in a department store).

At the same time, the body types that people decry as "painfully thin" and "eating disordered" and (ugh!) "weight suppressed" get larger every year. This year it's a size 10. What will it be like in another ten years' time?

Lol. What a load of fat shaming shit.

Does anyone seriously care what period pants look like? I can’t imagine a more purely functional garment!

What about disabled women? They’re hugely underrepresented, would this be “normalising” disability if more of those adverts were shown?

Normalising obesity is NOT the same as ‘normalising’ disability! Ffs! Obesity is a choice.

I think the phrase ‘fat shaming’ is actually part of the problem.

if a GP tells you you need to lose weight because you are putting your health at risk, is that fat shaming?

To tackle the obesity epidemic we’re going to have to start being honest: fat is unhealthy. And to those people who say, ‘Well, too thin is unhealthy too’ - we don’t have a thin epidemic.

Most women want to wear clothes that flatter them regardless of their size it's good retailer's are recognising this.

I do. Just because I’m on my period doesn’t mean I want to look crap.

So is stupidity by the looks of it.

The fat shaming on this thread is appalling.

Some shops give you the option to select your ‘model preference’ and will show the clothes in that sized model. I do love flicking though the images at how different items look on different shapes too.

I think that should be the norm with an outfit shown on at least two different model sizes/body shapes. It should be the standard and would present a range of what’s normal not the current niche that’s presented.

im an 18 atm. I am curvy big arse and boobs with a slim (in comparison) waist so an item of clothing in a model of any size with that body shape will give me an idea of how I’ll look. On some of the obese women who are very round it’s not helpful for me but I can see women who would benefit from seeing clothes on that model. Ditto the super skinny no curves models.

I think a models should have a healthy BMI. We shouldn't be normalising underweight and we definitely shouldn't be normalising overweight.

I don't necessarily think they should look perfect but absolutely should not be normalising being overweight.

Any?

This is such a click bait thread 😂

@orwellwasright

Why is it appalling?

YABU you’re hardly short on slim models ffs

YABU

The majority of models are very thin and very tall.

I’m thin (size 6) but only around 5”6. I’d love to see shorter models, it’s hard to imagine what clothes will look like on my frame when all the models are 5”10!

I applaud any company who uses models of all shapes and sizes!

The fat shaming on this thread is appalling.

its not shaming to say that models should be healthy looking.

I'd like to see clothes on a range of sizes so I can get more idea of what an item might realistically look like on someone my size.
I'd also like to see places at least tell you the height of the model too so you can figure out how long some clothes are.

If a GP tells you you need to lose weight because you are putting your health at risk, is that fat shaming?

Never happens. My bloke was very overweight at one point with T2 diabetes and hypertension. I was astonished that no hca ever suggested that losing weight would be a good idea. Most people would accept it from a doctor @pattish, it’s definitely fat shaming from some random.

Any?

I very much like seeing a diversity of models and welcome the trend towards ‘real’ women whatever that means,

I’m small so what clothes look like on a 5’11 model is largely irrelevant.

Pull up a chair.

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