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    1. psychedelic__cheese on

      I work in the industry and this season I’ve been seeing a lot alarmingly thin male models, so I can only imagine the women..

    2. Modem_Sound_67 on

      The GLP-1 craze is not just about health and it’s only barely about that).

      I think body positivity wasn’t about embracing diverse sizes and shapes, either. It was just about finding another market to exploit.

    3. humanhedgehog on

      Interesting research and really tried to get big sample sizes. Am wondering slightly how they managed to avoid duplicates of individuals, but possibly doing so was deliberately avoided, as you want to capture if one model walks in 20 shows/campaigns.

    4. Own-Animator-7526 on

      >In addition, what the fashion industry deems as the opening range of plus-size — a size 12 — is smaller than the average American woman, who is 5 foot, 3 inches, weighs 171.8 lbs. and has a waistline of 38.5

      What (dress) size is this?

    5. olderbutwiser1900 on

      They needed to run a research study to figure this out? Just use your eyes. The proof is in the pudding.

    6. CheezyGoodness55 on

      The fashion industry, particularly haute couture, generally prefers bodies that function as clothes hangers. So it ever was, probably always will be.

    7. thebetterbad on

      It’s pretty severe again. I see some of them posted here with commenters falling over themselves to compliment these extremely underweight young women. It makes me worried.

    8. badwolfswift on

      Do you know how expensive that fabric is? Can’t waste any of it on the fats.

      /s