"These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly," the Chanel designer tells Focus, going on to say that the fashion industry supports "dreams and illusions, no one wants to see round women."
And recently, Chanel Resort 2011 in St. Tropez was being headlined by none other than the boxom vixen, Crystal Renn.
The critics dine in on this satirical irony for this fashion show. I understand why Unkle Karl had to hire Crystal Renn to open the show. At some point, fashion designers become the victims of their own idealistic world where insatiable thrive towards innovation is the utmost champion.
The commoners want to see girls with hips and boobs, and the fashion designers heard the cry for a dose of reality. It happens with most models who have made it big. It's always the case. Some random Estonian model appears on the editorial ad of Gucci, and then boom! Every designer in town will want a piece of her, because they want to be seen as fashion forward. Remember Marc Jacobs show not too long ago where he hired all the sassy voluptous femme fatales from Victoria Secret. Yes, that's the curtain call. Ironic, when they should actually set to lead instead of to follow.
With Cyrstal Renn, I don't think she is in the description of those couch potatoes mommies Unkle Karl had described. She is a bit meatier than the other girls, but certainly she ain't no Beth Ditto. There should be no social pressure whatsoever that needs to be addressed by the designers which forsakes their idealism. After all, luxury labels are known for their exclusivity, Why do you want the public to set the tone for that niche when sales are still soaring high?
Models are skinny and enviable physically. That's what they are. It's pretty much like a writer should have been able to write with such novelty; Models should be skinny so that fabric flow is not obstructed. Hell, if a hanger could walk, the designers would have opted for that - less drama.
And i think the most important issue that needs to be addressed is the ability to actually strut down a runway. Sometimes, I wonder. What's so difficult with walking on a straight line? I know the ladies are wearing heels which can sometimes be 7 inches high, but if those models from McQueen's fashion show with those towering Alien-like stilettos didn't fall flat on their face - there should be no excuse for you not to deliver.
C'mon, if you can't do the things you practice everyday, I wonder what else you can do?
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