WHY ARE FASHION MODELS SO SKINNY??

IN MY OPINION;

WILLIAM REYNOLDS;

WHY ARE FASHION MODELS SO SKINNY??

Simple: the more of a model there is, the less people viewing them will focus on the clothes. Conversely, the more waifish a model is, the less designers have to worry about creating an outfit that will fit their body in a flattering way, and then still not getting as much attention and “OMG” reactions from audience members at runway shows. Super-skinny people make heads turn in a way that femininely-thick shapes don’t. The former, as I’ve described before in Which is the least desirable body shape on women? have an ethereal quality that isn’t granted to hourglass-figured people, as beautiful as both groups can be in their own rights. Fashion designers want to send a strong message, or evoke some feeling that will lead the viewer to associate their clothing line with escaping the drudges of reality, sort of to be an elegant woman and a carefree kid again. Hence, the skinny model. Unlike her curvier counterparts, she’s largely exempt from leering glances of men; she appears to dance through life on her light feet and skinny legs; she fits and can be made to look good in practically any outfit, because nothing ever bulges out, etc. In short, fashion designers are looking to express the supposed subconscious fantasies of their primary consumers: women. If they were trying to market to horny men, they’d use the hourglass bombshell models and not be as much sticklers about waist size. BUT, that is not the case. Designers find models that fit their clothes and not clothes to fit the models.  They don't bring a dept store with them to shows. Beware of those modeling schools that will tell you otherwize.  Perhaps focus on COMMERCIAL MODELING WHERE SIZE DOES NOT REALLY MATTER FOR MANY JOBS, YOU ARE PROBABLY WEARING YOUR OWN CLOTHES AND MAKING JUST AS MUCH (IF NOT MORE) MONEY.