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..
howchaud on

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.
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.
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?
olderbutwiser1900 on
They needed to run a research study to figure this out? Just use your eyes. The proof is in the pudding.
quietbushome on
Water is wet
Particular-Leg-8484 on
“New research” = everybody’s eyes
tacobelleblob on

DrFranFine on
Reminder that fascists want you to be skinny!
CheezyGoodness55 on
The fashion industry, particularly haute couture, generally prefers bodies that function as clothes hangers. So it ever was, probably always will be.
Original-Tradition99 on
Fork found in kitchen
xkvm_ on
Water is wet and fire burns according to breakthrough discovery
booksandbenzos on
It took conducting “new research” to determine this?
ScantilyKneesocks on

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.
justprettymuchdone on

befuddled_humbug on
I didn’t need to conduct a study to tell you that.
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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..

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.
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.
>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?
They needed to run a research study to figure this out? Just use your eyes. The proof is in the pudding.
Water is wet
“New research” = everybody’s eyes

Reminder that fascists want you to be skinny!
The fashion industry, particularly haute couture, generally prefers bodies that function as clothes hangers. So it ever was, probably always will be.
Fork found in kitchen
Water is wet and fire burns according to breakthrough discovery
It took conducting “new research” to determine this?

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.

I didn’t need to conduct a study to tell you that.

Insert shocked Pikachu face
https://preview.redd.it/q35a2lbtif9h1.jpeg?width=280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff36432234ef9d3ae9afd27393c32c5532093b8c
Do you know how expensive that fabric is? Can’t waste any of it on the fats.
/s

