Keep curvy women off catwalk: Lagerfeld
Agence France-Presse, Oct 13, 2009
Curvy women have no place on the catwalk, iconic German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was quoted as saying Sunday, after a magazine said it was banning skinny models in favour of "real women."
"No one wants to see curvy women," Lagerfeld was quoted as saying on the website of news magazine Focus.
"You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly," he added.
The world of fashion is about "dreams and illusions," he said, dismissing as "absurd" the debate prompted by Brigitte magazine, which said it would no longer feature professional models on its pages.
Brigitte, one of Germany's top women's magazines, said last week it would only publish photographs of "real women" after readers complained they could not identify with the models depicted.
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And I say:
ReplyDeleteKeep haggard, aging Germans designers with over-exposure to sun, drab, too-long grey hair and pretentious attitudes off the catwalk.
M.
Oh and one more thing. How right Lagerfeld is when he says that the world of fashion is one of dreams (unattainable and unsustainable) and illusions. Google this for a shock:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theprovince.com/life/Doctored+image+Ralph+Lauren+generates+buzz/2086394/story.html
Okay... one last thing:
ReplyDeleteIs Karl Lagerfeld also universally insulting mothers when he talks about "fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television...".
And how about chips? I think he's giving chips a bad name too.
How dare he. I mean, if people want to be Frito-Lay about and eat in front of the tv, what business is it of his?
Signed,
Fat, chip-loving mother
WEll this other fat, chip-loving mother agrees with you 100%!!!! Glad to be back and attempting to catch up with everyone.
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