Re: (OT modeling) domestication of humans

July 3, 2005

On 7/3/05, Stump <rstump@...> wrote:

> They are usually of more than average height...over 5' 7 " and very thin,

> small hips and no bust. So basically a very young boys figure.

Do you know anything about the history of ideals in the fashion

industry? Has it always been this way?

What's the audience the industry caters to? Rich people, right? I

wonder where the demand for that type of ideal is coming from.

Chris

July 3, 2005

> Do you know anything about the history of ideals in the fashion

> industry? Has it always been this way?

No, but for the last 75 years or so, this has been the norm. The ideal

originally occurred when the more normally proportioned models were

attracting more attention than the clothes; the designers decided to go

with human clothes hangers. It also is no accident that many male

designers are gay and go with a figure *they'd* like to see, namely,

boyish (and I don't mean that in the pedophile sense).

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky

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