"Last season I took diuretic pills. Once I took so many on an empty stomach that I was doubled over for hours. That's the last time I ever did something so terrible to my body...No one wants to be caught with that photo 'Model Eats Cake.'" - Coco Rocha, at the CFDA-hosted Beauty of Health discussion, on Fashionologie.
Jun 11, 2008 @ 2:45pm
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posted by guest
Jun 11, 2008 4:01PM
No offense but bringing up BMI is pretty useless. It's about as outdated as the food pyramid. I fall in a range under what's considered healthy but because I'm not larger [like the average American woman with which the BMI is fashioned after] I'm considered severely underweight.
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posted by guest
Jun 11, 2008 4:22PM
well, obviously bmi is not an accurate reflection of whether you are at a healthy weight, but 108 at 5'10" is OBViously underweight! I agree that it is outdated, though. I have a rather large frame and am quite muscular, so even though I have a body fat percentage of only about 17%, my bmi is very close to "overweight." I can't believe dr's still use this.
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posted by guest
Jun 12, 2008 12:08AM
i am so glad that models are coming forward and talking about their unhealthy eating behaviors. it really helps shed light of the absurdity of the way models/actresses/women are suppose to look. yes, from a design stand point clothes do look better on a long slender frame, but it is not natural for many of these models...and only a few percent of women actually have that body type. it's great that cdfa hosted this health forum.
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posted by guest
Jun 12, 2008 12:25PM
i have never commented here before but i wanted to respond to someone else who said (to paraphrase it) : clothes look better on thin people.
not all clothes look best on thin models. and certain types of clothes IMO look great on models with curves. my perspective is that of a male stylist so take it for what's it worth.
when working on shows before (during the consulting sessions weeks/months before a show) i look at all of a collection's designs and know that a lot of them are geared for different body types - within the model parameters out there. so even if the fit model is on the thin side one can visualize certain looks on other models who have more curves. that helps with a lot with casting. so when you see an amazing girl come in with a personality to match but she may not be a dress 2 you know there are looks that will flatter her dress 6 (sometimes 8) body. i know that sounds ridiculous to think that a size 8 is big but with the unreal world of runway models post early 90's waifs it is.
a comment to what doo ri said about not having enough choices for models who are bigger - what a load of bs. (i do know that she does a lot of jersey and that looks best on very lean bodies but she has great non-jersey pieces that would look good on curvier girls.) i think it's partly a need of casting agents/stylists/designers to cast the girls of the moment and not want to take the risk of casting an unproven face. the minute leaders like prada/mj/balenciaga cast curvier girls other people will follow that trend.
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posted by guest
Jun 12, 2008 9:03PM
I've never understood the "clothes look better on thin people" argument. I'm fairly thin and look like crap in everything. I have to shop at kid/teen stores to find shirts that actually fit me, and even then, I still look like a prepubescent boy.
MIND YOU, I'm not wearing high fashion wares.
posted by guest
Jun 11, 2008 2:51PM
whoa! i was not expecting her to talk about something that happened so recently! I figured it would be the usual, "2 years ago, an agent asked me to lose weight and I skipped dinner once, blah blah blah..." very interesting!