Should the modeling industry be done away with?

[edwest211]

That’s why going online and typing in modest clothes will often get anyone interested what they are looking for.

 

[Bruised_Reed]

Vanity might be exacerbated or turned into something ugly. There is a trend toward healthier sized models but bony still rules the runway. Remember models are not treated well and it can be perilous work emotionally. Vanity is a bigger risk for the plain girl who wants to be popular.

 

[jackfitz316]

It’s not really modeling that is out of control, but rather fashion which is too lewd. I’d say that the fashion of the 1950’s was as provocative as it could be without becoming immoral.

 

[edwest211]

As time passes, the Fashion Elite try different things. At the end of the day, models should not be treated like things. If a woman has certain proportions, then, if starved, the proportions remain but everything thins. This gives the appearance of added height, which illustrators also know, can accentuate a drawing of a person. A normal person is six heads high, but illustrators usually draw figures that are seven heads high to get the same effect. But an illustration is not a person and this type of exaggeration requires skill. As one of my favorite illustrators told me: “You first have to understand how a real human body works before you can distort it.” Very true.

The fashions of the 1950s were, indeed, somewhat provocative, but there was usually a mother who had standards to pass on. And if a young lady had a certain body type, she usually did her best to be modest. The way a son or daughter behaved and dressed reflected on the entire family. Scandal was to be avoided. Magazines of the period usually featured models that were beautiful but presented in a natural, girl next door sort of way.