Did anyone else watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last month? We watched it, and it was definitely very interesting to see the lingerie fashions, and to see VS put on an entertaining show that was very visually dramatic. But the one thing we were sort of disappointed with was the LACK of ‘regular’-sized women walking down the runway! Do you know what the average size standards for ‘high-fashion’ models that modeling agencies are looking for? Height: 5’9″-5’11” … and size 0-2!! Crazy!
We’re ready for ‘regular’ women on the runway. REAL women. Of ALL shapes and sizes. We’re SO incredibly thankful that Glamour Magazine has begun to use more normal-sized women in their mag… remember this shot?
This image is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I know we’ve already blogged about this before, but we wanted to address this issue again, because big things have been happening, thanks to this photograph. Since Glamour published that issue, the gorgeous woman in this photo has become known as ‘the woman on page 194’ — and women around the world have taken notice. In fact, this image caused such a stir that Cindi Leive, the editor of Glamour, has since been interviewed on Access Hollywood, Oprah Radio, and the Today Show! I love this quote from Cindi (taken from Glamour.com): “As you’ll read in our November issue, Glamour is committing to featuring a greater range of body types in our pages, including in fashion and beauty stories (traditionally the toughest areas for even the top “plus-size” models to crack).”
Isn’t that AWESOME!? What we want to ask Victoria’s Secret is this: WHEN are you going to feature beautiful, curvy women of all sizes on the runway of your fashion show? It is time. I wish you had used the woman from page 194 for your 2009 VS fashion show… because I think we can all agree that she would… ROCK. IT. 🙂 Thank you, Cindi, and Glamour, for featuring beautiful women of ALL shapes and sizes in the pages of your gorgeous magazine. We love Glamour, and we love what you are doing. xoxo, Kimberlee & Marissa
