Caryn Franklin came to talk at our uni and claimed this whilst stating that "young people say more unachievable beautiful women in magazines than elderly people did in their whole lifetime." I think this makes young people think this is normal and the admired desired look. By women and by men for women. Its dangerous mentally and physically. Caryn has set up an exhibition in London called 'All Walks Beyond the Catwalk' It's promoting individuality and models of different sizes, nationalities, and looks.
They launched at London Fashion Week in Sept 2009 where eight emerging designers were paired with 8 diverse models most notably creating the ‘plus size,’ model Harley Morley and Mark Fast partnership.Magazines such as Look are starting to use plus size models in their fashion sections and few have been used on the catwalk. The issue has been taken to government and is looking like changes are starting to be made. There is such demand for this change that by the time i'm working in industry a lot more sizes may be being used. I don't think this would affect my career to much especially as I think it is an important issue which I believe it. I'd be happy for this change for different size models and would love to work with them - even though if i'm styling this could prove tougher as previous fittings may be needed. With different shaped bodies it means you cannot just expect everything to fit in the right areas, it may prove tougher to find clothes that suit and fit everywhere but i'm more than happy to take on this task!
'Plus size' model Hayley Morley on the catwalk for Mark Fast
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