tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post2108798520242285418..comments2024-03-27T12:08:02.812+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: In which one stomach does not change the worldTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-44244905055424687302009-09-08T16:24:28.122+01:002009-09-08T16:24:28.122+01:00YES. I'm surprised by the press this has gotte...YES. I'm surprised by the press this has gotten (in part because Glamour has featured non-standard-sized models before and has tooted its own horn--this seems unique because it was the readers who picked up on it, not the magazine's PR team). People seem eager to forget that this is a great case in point of how the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.<br /><br />It's also noteworthy that the picture was used to illustrate a piece on what other people see about your body that you don't--presumably, positive things that you might miss about your own body. I get that Glamour is between and rock and a hard place here--what are they supposed to do, use a super-skinny model here? Certainly they're not going to use a genuinely overweight model, mais non!--but it seemed a disingenuous spot to put Ms. Miller.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-90277980577323122142009-09-08T10:09:48.099+01:002009-09-08T10:09:48.099+01:00Miss W - how lovely you are. Being featured on yr ...Miss W - how lovely you are. Being featured on yr blog makes me feel very happy and important indeed.<br /><br />Jo - so agree about poor shrinking Sophie Dahl. She always looks a bit querulous now. The cookbook thing must be a joke surely?<br /><br />So Lovely - SO agree about the fashion industry's own fashion sense being often odd. They are STILL pushing cobalt blue, the most unflattering colour in the world. Also I have just one word for you: jumpsuits.<br /><br />Titian - don't know what the fear of ordinary sized women looking stylish is. Clearly some deep haunting fear of sharing their toys.<br /><br />Google Account - thank you and welcome.<br /><br />Cassandra - I know, the Beth Ditto thing is fascinating. She was on Woman's Hour yesterday and was adorable. I had not really taken her in before. You might be right about the sexuality thing. I think it might be just her very own force of personality. They would all look like such fools if they did not let her past the red velvet rope.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-43140207150334283892009-09-08T09:41:41.626+01:002009-09-08T09:41:41.626+01:00I am interested in Beth Ditto and where she stands...I am interested in Beth Ditto and where she stands in all this. She's the new "woman of size" for Evans. And the press sing her praises across the board. I wonder whether she's exempt from the usual anti-fat girl vitriol because she's gay? I have no idea, but it intrigues me that she's apparently above negative criticism.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314685034290160800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-44784619414908759732009-09-07T21:46:58.553+01:002009-09-07T21:46:58.553+01:00As ever a very thought provoking post, thank you. ...As ever a very thought provoking post, thank you. I enjoyed India's analogy that fashion is theatre. What a shame that the fashion business does not allow some of us to audition because the costumes don't fit. How ghastly that a UK 12 is seen as a plus size. One day will designer clothes be available to anyone.... are designers afraid they cannot design clothes that will make large/overweight/plus size women look stylish ?Titian redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130121166864903946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-37329363077805890902009-09-07T18:52:21.705+01:002009-09-07T18:52:21.705+01:00Brilliant as always and had to be twittered to the...Brilliant as always and had to be twittered to the world (because you won't and I adore you for that).<br />I truly don't understand the Fashion Industry - what is that. They dictate what we should and shouldn't wear and what "the norm" is in regards to size, hair colour etc. Who cares and why are they the judges (at times their fashion sense is very questionable).<br />There are islands in the South Pacific where the bigger the woman the sexier she is and she's wearing a sarong! <br />These ridiculous Fashion Insiders need to go and find something more useful to do with their time.<br />xxSo Lovelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090206663800207951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-8223895696390506362009-09-07T17:16:06.820+01:002009-09-07T17:16:06.820+01:00Reminds me of the Sophie Dahl debate. Her amazing ...Reminds me of the Sophie Dahl debate. Her amazing curves (how I longed to look like her on that poster) brought the industry to its breathless knees - 'oh she's a real WOMAN, we must keep her just so' - and then the slow grinding of the machine squeezed her down to a size 6 or whatever she is now. She's written a cookbook, but unless it's terribly tongue-in-cheek, I can't quite imagine what she's able to eat in it. <br /><br />And now Lizzie Miller will no doubt be spread all over the Daily Spite or wherever, the journos banging on about 'real women' and before you know it, she'll be the proud owner of a washboard stomach, because the-opposite-of-plus-size models (minus-size models?) make more money... I do hope this won't be the case.<br /><br />The celebration of the press of 'real women' is a curiously paradoxical machine. They 'celebrate' them with all their power and might, then the glory and fame convinces the subjects that to keep their names in lights, there must be less and less of them and then we're surrounded by lollipops. And then they're no different to any other starlet (I want to say art babies as am re-reading 'Elvis has left...' - same thing nearly).Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002322976940013176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-75469888455238024682009-09-07T16:06:38.177+01:002009-09-07T16:06:38.177+01:00Tania, you are always so right. You are, in fact, ...Tania, you are always so right. You are, in fact, the Simon Cowell of bloggers. Lovely post. Have stolen a quote and posted it on mine.<br /><br />Hope you're feeling better.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Miss W xMiss Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.com