valley of the doll
20/09/2009
A designer’s decision to use size 12 and 14 models at London Fashion Week yesterday caused a behind-the-scenes row that ended in his stylist walking out. Mark Fast, known for his sculpted mini-dresses reflecting the recent body-conscious trend, used three models of a size larger than the catwalk is used to seeing – Hayley, Laura and Gwyneth – to model his knitwear designs.
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Fast’s casting wasn’t a total success though. One side-effect of having average-sized women on the catwalk was to emphasise just how thin some of the other models were. The other problem? Purely practical. The tightness and shortness of the dresses was fine. The lack of undergarments was not. Morley’s modelling agency, 12+UK, lists her chest size as 34D and that’s a bosom that needs support. I doubt Morley would strut down to the shops without a bra – it’s a shame she had to walk the catwalk without one.
Cast normal size women again, Fast, it was great. But next time, knit them a bra as well as a dress.
„London Fashion Week: catwalk row over size 14 models | Life and style | The Observer
- That something like this was done by somebody called Fast is ironic at least.
- I wonder what the stylist will do when she/he grows old and starts put on a bit of weight: storm out of her/himself?
- Dressing a size 12 in just a larger version of a dress that was (however beautifully) thought for a size 6 is not helping the size 12. It will just make the size 12 a disservice. It is one of the basics of tailoring - it is the reason why a bespoke dress fits better than a pret-à-porter one.
- As long as it was not just a freak show, nice try anyway.
(And, my: a size 12 being “overweight” - remember, on a 6ft something tall model - that’s scary. I’ll leave it to you to calculate the BMI.)
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