Design Federation

So I just flew in from attending some Melbourne and Sydney fashion week shows and I have to say, what the fuck is going on with the models?

We know it happens all the time - people say the models are too thin, but maybe it’s because they actually are. Having seen them first hand - I have to say, some of these girls look revolting. And while it may be the clothes look better on thin girls, if we wanted to see skeletons we could have gone to the cemetery and dug up some corpses.

Every year we hear the media say some of the girls are too thin, and every year the designers tell us the same lies; that the girls are healthy looking. In whose eyes, though?

You need only ask your average Australian male their opinion and they will say they find catwalk models bodies ugly; they prefer women with some meat on them.

An Australian designer was quoted as saying: ‘You can’t tell by looking at someone if they’re healthy or not … Often the girls who are really thin eat constantly.’

They are right - if someone looks like death warmed up and we can see their ribcage, then I’m guessing they have been spooning their way through a tub of lard every day. Sure they probably do eat constantly … But honey, last time I checked, tic tacs were not listed in any of the five food groups.

Given that there are a few tall thin natural girls out there, they will obviously be the choice for the designers to parade their garments on. So it is not surprising that our obsession with weight encourages even these women to be thinner then they naturally are.

And the solution to this is simple. Make all the models eat a Big Mac meal for dinner every day for a month before the first show.

Tags: fashion week, skinny models