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Original poster

Just HOW skinny is the Coast model?

74 replies

2happy · 07/03/2008 15:32

here

Sick of size0allbonenofleshunhealthylookingmatchstick models.
At least I have boobs. And a tummy. And woobly thighs. And a large arse.

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expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:29

If you all had any idea how US sizes work!

LOL!

Vanity sizing was born there, FWIW.

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:29

My niece is 13 and 6ft. tall.

chonky · 07/03/2008 18:29

It is all about being happy with your lot.

I have days when I wish I had bigger norks, or was curvier for example; however on other days when I'm going for a run I'm very glad that I have minmal norkage. There is no such thing as perfection, and if you're like me then how you see yourself will change on a hourly daily basis.

Original poster

2happy · 07/03/2008 18:30

I'd never heard that, that's interesting Wisteria. So they choose super slim men so there are no distracting swellings, er, abs

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OrmIrian · 07/03/2008 18:31

Blimey expat ! 6ft at 13.... That even puts my lanky family in the shade.

chonky · 07/03/2008 18:31

LOL OrmIrian - I used to think I was HU-UGE at 15 when I weighed 10s something! If only...

Occasionally I feel a little 'petite' envy, but having said that I don't think it would suit my personality IYSWIM. Being tall rocks

OrmIrian · 07/03/2008 18:34

Gawd yes! A friend of my mums was horrified when my mum told her that I weighed 10s nothing! I was nearly my adult height then. And I thought I was fat

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:37

Her dad is 6ft., 5in. His sister is 6ft., 1 in and their mother is 6ft., 2in.

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:40

they chose super slim men so the clothes hang off them.

it's very easy to drap clothes of a man who's quite straight up and down and not very beefy.

it's also possible that most clothes will fit on such a man.

it's a lot easier and quicker to take clothes in on such a body and pin them on with safety pins than to pull out seams, cut fabric and stitch the garment.

that's why they're hired.

it's easier for them to fit in all sorts of clothes or make clothes fit on them, and when you're in a runway situation you need to be able to get the clothes on and off the person and have them fit properly very quickly.

nailpolish · 07/03/2008 18:40

im 5' and dh is 6' 2"

im going to be one of those tiny mums with 2 towering daughters

at least they wont pinch my clothes

Original poster

2happy · 07/03/2008 18:42

(it wasn't really a question I was needing an answer to)

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expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:43

my daughter is already up to my tits.

i feel your pain, naily.

i can't really pick her up and walk anymore because her legs hang down and impair my movement.

i'm maybe 5ft. 3in.

she's 4 and 4ft., 2in.

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:43

my daughter is already up to my tits.

i feel your pain, naily.

i can't really pick her up and walk anymore because her legs hang down and impair my movement.

i'm maybe 5ft. 3in.

she's 4 and 4ft., 2in.

nailpolish · 07/03/2008 18:44

remind me how old dd is expat? my dd is 5 and she is nearly at my tits too!

at least they will be able to reach off the top shelf for us

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:45

she's 5 in June.

i don't look forward to teenage arguments with her.

nailpolish · 07/03/2008 18:47

gosh never thought about that! lol

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 18:48

i'm hoping we'll live in a place with stairs and i can stand a few steps up to shout at her .

SheherazadetheGoat · 07/03/2008 20:09

lol @ up to my tits! i am 5 8' so dd has a bit of growing to do before we can stand eye to tit.

don't you think they are all enormous now. everyone says dd is tall but all her peers are the same.

PaulaYatesBiggestFan · 07/03/2008 20:19

why cant a tall woman be size 0 expat?

serious question i want excuses as to why i am not skinny!

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 20:21

Because her bones are too big to fit into that size, even if she's very thin, Paula.

Several people on this thread further down at tall and explained that they'd have to have organs removed to fit into a size 0.

Even a thin tall person has a bigger frame than a short thin person, the same way they have longer limbs.

expatinscotland · 07/03/2008 20:22

My general observation is that the kids seemed taller through the East Coast of Scotland, Goat. Not sure why.

morningpaper · 07/03/2008 21:09

lol @ tit-height

Perhaps this says more about the state of our tits than the state of our daughters?

sorkycake · 07/03/2008 21:22

I think that model is just posed in a way that she looks concave. From the front view she may actually have hips. It's hard to tell. Apart from the lack of chest I don't think she does look too thin.

I'm a size 2 at 5'3" but I wouldn't say I was skinny, probably petite and in proportion for my height.

I would also doubt anyone over 5'5" or so would be a size 0 without looking quite ill, though I have occasionally wondered if paula radcliffe comes close to this, she's tall isn't she?

bagism · 07/03/2008 21:57

i would try the dress on and then decide, it's lovely

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