i'd like to see more shapely models if the clothes look good on their bodies.

some styles look better on curvy people, some better on thinner. it's all about dressing to suit your shape.

the model in the picture has a good body..... but her face! no! ha that sounds harsh but plus size models can still be gorgeous and attractive and have the 'model' look. i'm amazed this woman can be a model- her face is nothing.

I'd love to see more shapely models as well. I feel like if a designer can't make clothes that look good on a curvy (ie. REAL) body then they really don't have good designs, do they? There are a few exceptions to how I feel about this, but for the most part that sums up my feelings. There are so few of us women who do have that rail-thin, straight up and down body naturally, but not many...

That model's got a bangin' bod.

Just sayin'

"her face is nothing"? that first comment was rude. that woman's face is pretty attractive. and it's hypocritical to say you are for different bodies as long as their faces have a certain look. this whole idea is about changing the supercritical narrow definition of beauty.

I wouldn't call this model plus size. As a society body images have become so scewed. There is no middle ground any more. If you are not rail thin you must be plus sized?

this is plus sized? The lady int he pic appears to ahve a great body, and slim too?

elizabee- I didn't mean her face is nothing- I meant to say her face is nothing sensational. I did try and mitigate my comment too as I thought I'd probably rub someone up the wrong way! I didn't want to sound harsh. I just don't think that her face is striking or pretty enough to be a model. Her hairs not nice either. What really sets her apart from the average person on the street?

Her body is great though and yeah, I agree with other people when you say that she doesn't exactly look 'plus size' x

Also would you have to say 'bla bla' is a plus size model, do you have to highlight this when using a model in a campaign or just go with it and treat people all as one category. Just as people would have different 'looks' people have different sizes.

where does it say she is plus sized?

Hell yeah - I would.

It's interesting that the beautiful gal up above is a "shapely" model (according to the fashion industry)... I think she's beautiful and any girl would be lucky to have her body and look like that naked.

yes I would.

i am tall and thin, so i enjoy seeing clothes on a thin body because it is closer to how they look on me. however, models that are a 00 don't look good either. sometimes you are more concentrating on their bones sticking out then the clothes. i think a size 2 or 4 is perfectly fine and still very skinny.

that said- i understand other girls have other body types and would like to see them represented, i'm not against it- i just like seeing how clothes would look on me- that's all!

I'm going to say yes, but not because it's any more or less healthy. The outside of ones body may fool you there are many thin/curvy seemingly healthy looking women who aren't healthy at all.

Actually scratch the yes and let me say this I would like to see women of all body types ( ahem and ethnicities) modeling clothes, because there are natually healthy thin women, as well as natrually healthy short, tall, curvy, busty etc etc etc women all over.

For everyone who is confused about her being plus-sized, the question is about shapely models, not overweight ones. As a norm, models are typically stick-thin and tall. I personally would love to see models who are more curvy (as in have boobs and a butt, not necessarily "plus-size"). I fall in love with clothes in magazine ads, but then, when I try on that style clothing, a lot of the time it is just not as flattering on my shape. I would love to see models of all shapes and sizes so that we can get a better idea of what will look good on us as individuals!

I agree with mandawahoo, shapely and plus size are two very different things. If you think of Cindy Crawford during her prime or Eva Mendez or Scarlett Johansson, those woman are shapely, still slender, but not rail thin. Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmerman....man, those girls are thin.

I think there's room for both. Back in the nineties, Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss happened to happily co-exist, even with Sophie Dahl, before she got skinny.

Yes. I read the article yesterday and she talked about how sample sizes can't fit on a size 0/2 model. Seriously?!? That's just beyond ridiculous. Designers are designing dresses for women with no curves at all which does not represent the majority of us. Clothes look better on women with curves like the models from the early 90's and 80's, they looked amazing and still had very healthy bodies.

I just don't get it - America has an obesity problem so why does fashion have to embrace this?! I think clothes look better on skinny girls - not skin and bones but size 0/2 girls. Today's 0/2 is like 4/6 10 years ago anyways...

While the model in the photo above is clearly attractive, it appears that she's using the sheet to strategically cover up her stomach. If we're going to use women of a healthier weight, we need to showcase them in all their glory, not a half-hearted "See! We use real women."

I can't not believe the top poster who said that this lady is not pretty. How can someone be so flat out rude and mean? I mean, what makes you better than anybody else? That is what is wrong with people today. Too much judging based on outside appearances going on. We should look for the beauty in everything and in everybody. I think this model is beautiful. And I'm sure her attitude is way more beautiful than yours.

I just want to see all types of models in clothes so people of different sizes know how they will actually look on them. I can't tell what a dress will really look like on a regular person when it's on a runway model. I actually wish they would use people with booty, or wide shoulders, or hips, or bellies, or plump thighs, or muscled arms. Real people aren't just tall and thin or tall and "plus-sized."

CoralAmber, exactly.

No way! Clothes look better on thin figures.
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But this comment is perfect: "I feel like if a designer can't make clothes that look good on a curvy (ie. REAL) body then they really don't have good designs, do they?".

clothes may look better on thin figures, but why can't they design clothes that look good on average figures? i don't get that.

I'm 5'10" and a size 10. Why do I have to feel fat?

This is plus size? I say its the right size.
Vinnie, if your 5'10 and a size 10 than your a thin size.

They should represent everyone. It seems like in the fashion industry, you should either be rail-thin or plus-sized. I'd like to see representation for women who are in-between. I'm slender but not bone-thin like Kate Moss and yet I'm far from the plus-sized body type. It's hard to find good jeans when most of them are made for flat butts and narrow hips. I know clothes 'hang better' on skinny types and I don't think we should get rid of skinny at all.... but perhaps designers could work a little harder to accommodate different body types. I'm perfectly aware of the fact that it's a lot easier to design clothes for skinny people but, hey, few things in this world are one-size-fits-all.

I'd like to see a greater variety of shapes and colors in the modeling world, period.

And I know that clothes look "best" on tall, thin women, but I would love to see shorter models. Why? Because clothes DO look different on shorter women, and being 5'3", I'd want to see how clothes look and all sizes and heights.

Yes to more shapely models, and Yes to shorter models. Designers need to learn how to design for all shapes and heights... designing for the current roster of models is kind of the easy way out, don't you think? Designers already know what looks good on a 5'10" 95 lb. woman.

sorry to say - no.

i honestly can't believe everyone who wants only thin models. just because fashion is an art form, do we really want to have to aspire to unrealistic ideals? different body types suit different people, naturally. and a lot of young girls seeing only thin models represented develop poor self -esteem and potential eating disorders. You don't HAVE to wera whatever a curvier, or plus-sized, or any model is wearing -- why shouldn't all kinds of bodies be celebrated? you don't have to be such an elitist about it. enjoy your own body type and let others feel comfortable with theirs.

Hmmm, wow, 91 people said no? Why to boost feminine morale!

The woman above has a beautiful body. I think a wide representation of many body types, skin colours etc is incredibly important. I really don't believe in saying that one person's body is more "real" then the next. We come in ALL shapes and sizes. I struggled with being extremely thin as a teenager and always felt like a boy and envious of girls who had the curves boys lusted after. I suppose the grass is always greener? And while the above model is curvier than the average model, she is still very photoshopped. So now you have larger women looking at that and thinking, she's my size but why is my skin not as smooth, why do I have dimples!? I think regardless of whether the model is a size 0 or a size 12, it is not an accurate depiction of what the average women of those sizes actually looks like. I hope that made sense!

I said "no," but it depends on the medium. Fashion designers are artists -- designers are not designing clothes for models to wear on the runway so that people can decide what clothes will look good on their own bodies. Designers are demonstrating shapes, composition, colors, etc. It would be much harder to design with a changing canvas, i.e. different body shapes, so its preferable to have a model with no body shape.

The same should not hold true for magazine models. At some point, the fashions are meant to transition to real people -- that's where I think shapely models would be great.

The real problem, I suppose, is that girls aspire to look like fashion models -- fashion models, who are little more than walking clothes hangers. That's the problem. Changing the body-type doesn't change the fact that we value too highly the role of these dress-up dolls. Wasn't there a time when the models were nameless?

Yes yes and yes!

Yes yes and yes!

Hmm sorry about that double post.

I think mandawahoo put it best. I'm a size 6 and I would like to know what clothes are flattering on a body similar to mine. Doesn't mean I'm perfect of even that a perfect size exists but I think marketers could take this in a good direction. Yeah, tall and thin are still glamorized but 99% of us aren't 6'2" 130. So appeal to us.

If you design clothes as a type of art, i would put it on a skinny model. However, if you're actually trying to market to the average person, then more shapely models would make sense. It's all about how you design and who you design for.

I would like to see more artistic and creative designers that can transition there work from flat sketches to models that represent all the dimensional shapes of the human body on the runway. Instead of expecting models to conform there body to the non dimensional sketches of the designers.

I don't understand, I get why they are thin because the clothes look better and they don't really care how they look on normal people. But why so tall? The average woman is not 5'10", and while a size 2 or 4 on an average height woman is thin but not too thin if you are 6 foot tall and wear a size 2 you are way too thin, it is just not normal or healthy.

I want to see models of all shapes and sizes. It represents the population!

Yes.
I mean, skinny models can be interesting sometimes, but I'd like to see some variety.