Time for a Change – Slender Model Too Fat?
What is wrong with society and the media? I just read a story about a model being fired due to her weight. She was 5′10 and 120 pounds…and overweight???
Filippa Hamiliton — the model who claims she was fired from Ralph Lauren for “being too fat” — During an appearance on “Today” yesterday, Hamilton said that though she is 5′ 10″ and 120 lbs, she was fired because she “was overweight” and “couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore.”
Seriously, do we want people emaciated in magazines? Are you telling me women with curves can’t sell clothing? I’d prefer to see more realistic sizes – sizes of people that I see at the market, on the street, at the mall…then models who are told then are not thin enough to fit in their samples….
In this case it was a model named Flippa, and she worked with Ralph L. Seriously…isn’t it enough?
Isn’t it time to give young girls and women realistic images – images they can relate to? Not pushing to strive for something that isn’t going to happen?
It frustrates me so much. This woman Flippa is a beautiful woman…and yet, sorry – you’re out of a job. Samples don’t fit…
Why do they make samples so damn tiny? What’s wrong that designers aren’t making samples for healthy women to fit into? I’m not talking that someone has to be plus sized – I’m talking about normal sizes – 2,4,6,8,10,12….
Look, I know my own large rear is not what people want to see in magazines, but you know what – women are open to seeing realistic images. Clothes will still sell…empires will not crumple to the ground because you’ve got a model who wears a size 6 or 8 in your magazine. Don’t let our women waste away just to sell an item….
I’m just appalled that a beautiful woman – who is all ready very slender at 120 pounds and 5′10″ tall – is told she isn’t thin enough…just frustrating.
