Comments on: Blogger Backlash Over Glamour’s Plus-Size Fashion Spread

By: Ethical Style » The Telegraph: ‘Are Curvy Models a Contrivance?’

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:49:06 +0000

[...] the ethics regarding plus-size modeling, check out this post about Mark Fast and another about blogger backlash over Glamour‘s similarly minded plus-size fashion spread. No Comments | Filed under: On your mind [...]

By: Mônica

Mônica — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:47:07 +0000

Those women in the picture are NOT plus-sized! What’s going on with everybody’s minds?

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:07 +0000

I agree with this entirely. However, most important social changes start with “going with the flow”. Case in point “fair trade” which started over 20 years ago then slowly became a fashionable buzzword and finally is main stream. The same process is happening with “plus sizes”. As a healthily sized consumer, I am slowly beginning to find interesting fashions. Yes larger women, do have fashion consciousness.

By: Trendy Plus Size Clothes

Trendy Plus Size Clothes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:18:58 +0000

You’re quite right that Glamour is “going with the flow” of the approval of all normal sized and plus sized women when they include models with average proportions in their spreads. It brings them more readers, free publicity, etc which makes it jingle in their pocket. BUT they are also setting a tone by doing so and many publishers, who maybe are a little more risk adverse are seeing what’s possible when you go against the prevailing mindset. Marie Claire now has a dedicated page for plus size women and the Brigitte magazine here in Germany has decided ONLY to use “normal” women in their spreads. Brigitte would be along the same lines in popularity as the US Glamour. It’s a fantastic move, business savvy, of course, but an important movement for size acceptance everywhere.