Ah, got you. And I can understand the 'make-up as technology' thing in one sense - looking at the Library of Congress colour pictures from the 50s - the stuff women put on their faces back then looked like the surface of the moon.
Trust me I work on set on movies a lot, after the introduction of HD recording video and movie they were very very specific about makeup because it's much more obvious with the HD video if there are flaws etc. So the idea is this makeup is designed to hide lines even better than "normal" makeup... It's all advertising of course but that explains it at least.
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Well, here in Norway, the population is generally pretty healthy (although both sexes are getting fatter these days).
The problem over here, is that normal, slender and perfectly normal girls, want to have sixpacks.
When a person has a visible sixpack (Madonna's body), they have a fat percentage which is about 5%, while the norm is somewhere between 20-30 for women and 15 and 20 for men, AFAIK.
- Such a low fat percentage can, among other things, be linked to a high risk of Osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) when females pass the menopause.
(Here's a typical chart) http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/ )
There are skinny people and people who have a low-fat percentage, but this isn't really the norm.
If they plan to use normal people (average fat percentage) with no shopping, I would have no problem with the idea, but if they just start using people which isn't really representative, then IMO the idea of "no shopping" could do more harm than good.
You can't expect to grind up the scraps from the slaughterhouse, mix it with corn and steroids, feed it right back to the next chicken house, and not have that follow up the chain.
5% body fat is absolutely miserable from what I hear and is not sustainable for more than a couple weeks. Even for men, 5% body fat is insanely lean.
Keep in mind that the size numbers have changed too. A "3" is larger than a "3" was even 10 years ago.
The food they give them technically makes them cannibals.
Well, this is the so-called "size zero", imagine walking around and working like that for months on end, many (not all) "top" models are or are close to size zero, very very unhealthy.
No wonder they have to start the day with a bowl of salad and a hit of cocaine.
But that's the fun of APUG (as long as the OP doesn't mind much).This thread has certainly strayed a LONG way from the original comment
But that's the fun of APUG (as long as the OP doesn't mind much).
Stone, I feel for your GF - I'm only 5'6", but my height is mostly in my legs and they don't have longer inseams for smaller sizes. Jeans are easier to find than pants, which is why I wear jeans so much.
Well, this is the so-called "size zero", imagine walking around and working like that for months on end, many (not all) "top" models are or are close to size zero, very very unhealthy.
No wonder they have to start the day with a bowl of salad and a hit of cocaine.
Is the tide turning on retouched models?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/verily-magazine-no-photoshop_n_4079217.html
Along with what Winger said...
Not all 0's are coke snorting anorexics... Just like not all overweight people are fast food eating slobs...
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If you go back and check, I don't say that, I also mention that some people are just skinny by nature, some people in Asia are smaller in general etcetc.
Should be pretty self-explanatory that I'm talking about normal people that mess with their health to reach idiotic levels of fat-deposits, this happens all over the world, even in Asia, where they are tiny to begin with.
Not all 0's are coke snorting anorexics... Just like not all overweight people are fast food eating slobs...
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couldn't agree more with you stone.
some folks are just thin just like others aren't.
and there is a social stigma attached to both ...
Fashion is cyclical ... Fat women used to be all the rage, show your wealth with a hefty girl you can afford to feed...
The aesthetic ideal for "beauty" is dictated by the ruling class. When there was food scarcity (most of human history) overweight signalled membership of the upper classes; it was one of the signs of prestige. Today when junk food is cheap and readily available the wealthy are lean because they generally refrain from; and the poor who consume the fast food and the soft drinks are obese.
Is the tide turning on retouched models?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/verily-magazine-no-photoshop_n_4079217.html
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