Let's get the Skinny on Skinny. 
I think fashion, style and beauty are separate things. I am talking fashion

The point of this blog is not to trash larger women. There are tons of super sexy, confident high fashion women who are large so don't get the wrong impression, ok. I love everyone who loves fashion whatever your size.  In today's world it is so much easier to be larger, anyway, as everyone is more confident doing their own thing. I am making an observation, while saying that magazines editors and designers should be able to choose who they want to best show their clothes. Business is tough and they should be allowed to show their collections on whomever. Some designers are choosing to use plus size models and that is their right. They are making that decision from a business standpoint and  I suppose  they feel that it will help their particular demographic. I am just saying that since the 50s it has been more  common to see thin models as the designers want the clothes to hang . They feel they show better
 This is a delicate subject and I will indeed  try to be delicate, while telling the truth as I see it, as far as  the fashion business goes. This is only my opinion and would love to hear yours.
 As long as I can remember the iconic figures of  movies and magazines were slim. It was always sought after in my world. It was never analyzed and debated to the point it is today but still desired if you loved clothes. It is very hard to stay thin and you have to have a real passion for fashion to even bother trying. People do try though
 Marilyn Monroe was and still is probably the most gorgeous woman ever. She had the magic of being super sexy but childlike at the same time. Even though many say she was bigger than models today,which is true, she was still slim. These were the 50s. Elizabeth Taylor, the same.  Granted they were not as thin as those to follow. They were gorgeous and sexy but not necessarily fashion icons.

                    

 

Next came Audrey Hepburn and to me this was the birth of real fashion, in the movies. Then of course there was Jackie and her iconic style. I mean Elizabeth and Marilyn were gorgeous and huge sex symbols but didn't say "fashion" like Audrey and Jackie. They were also very thin. The clothes looked incredible on them, because they were both stunning, and the great hair, but, in a large part because they were thin and the clothes just hung off them like on a coat hanger. They were not at all unhealthy. They were just thin. I don't think it is a dirty word at all and I do think clothes look amazing on their slim figures. I am not talking about desirability, I am talking about fashion. Decide for yourself.

 If you wanted to look like these women, and everyone did, it seemed a good idea to try and stay thin. That is not to say that larger women are not attractive or don't look good in clothes. They are and they do but I can't think of iconic, larger fashion women of this period that wore their clothes quite as well, can you? I have a ton more to say on the subject. I just don't think thin is a dirty word. Thin or large is, in most cases, a choice, right?
To be continued................
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