Make Me Skinny

They say that Paris is finally embracing the reality of the world of diversity, but are they really? The argument over whether or not models should take on a little more shape has been in a contraversal state for quite sometime now. While people around the world are clearly realizing that body shapes vary, how much is the fashion world acknowledging it?


A lot of this contraversy was brought on by the pressure in young girls to be thin. Articles claim that there are even online sites that you can find that will give you advice on how to hid your eating-habits from your parents and those around you. In my opinion, this is wrong. There is no reason why these girls shouldn't accept their bodies! By bringing more shapely models to the runway, maybe the pressure to be thin will go down, but what about designers like Karl Lagerfeld who isn't so satisfied with this comprimise? Maybe they should just cope through this one, embrace the new and diverse.

Much of Europe and especially France pride themselves on fashion. A home to the houses of couture. Paris is a city of arts; more than in the sense of on a canvas, but the fabric and the textiles become the canvas and your design an artistic masterpiece. Perhaps they have a point, who tells an artist how big his/her canvas should be? Some may argue that high-fashion isn't meant to be worn on the street -- it is an art.

However, maybe it is a time for change. It is a good time for these artists/designers to bring new shapes onto the runway. Paris Fashion Week maybe a good time to begin; the runway this year occupied by women of many sizes. There is a chance that these new figures will provoke more inspiration, a new genre of the art, a new sight and a new perspective to the observers.