I don,t get the Fashion obsession with

[Jessirules]

Ok help me out here. I just bought my first girly magazine. (So exicted) Bazaar fall edition. I thought it would be a good place to start my fashion education. (I've got a long way to go). So I'm lookin thru and I realized that there is a lot of women who look like they have been on a drug binge for a week with no sleep. Why is that good? What is this fashion obsession with this look? Skinny I knew about but this, not so much!

Jessi

[lostcharlie]

Welcome to the world of "Heroin Chic" ! Runway and the big  fashion mag models that look like they belong on a slab in the morgue. Don't get it , the look has been around for years now. Driven I guess by the bigwigs of couture fashion. They like their women corpse like I suppose ? If your looking for actual help for the style and types of clothing that will look good on your individual figure there are books available with great info on fashion and style for real people. Check out local bookstores.

[Jessirules]

Thanks for the advise

Jessi

[Laura_7]

Ok help me out here. I just bought my first girly magazine. (So exicted) Bazaar fall edition. I thought it would be a good place to start my fashion education. (I've got a long way to go). So I'm lookin thru and I realized that there is a lot of women who look like they have been on a drug binge for a week with no sleep. Why is that good? What is this fashion obsession with this look? Skinny I knew about but this, not so much!

Jessi

Well I'd say careful with what is called beauty culture... fortunately you were not socialized in that environment meaning seeing perceived "flaws" where none are...
I'd say cherish what you have... like what you have and make the best of it... and play a bit with styles... it can be really fun...

there are some resources online, like colour tests... to check which colour combinations could suit you...
there are resources where you can use a photo of you and try virtually different makeups...

and some people go to a style advisor once, and have them give some advice... on what could be a good fit...

looking at catalouges could be an idea... with everyday people as models, there are many catalouges this way now...

another possibility could be simply second hand stores, trying out a few things and combinations...

[Serenation]

Yep get a hair cut that no one would ever wear in public, try to pull of that undead heroine look and then go for the most unfeminine pose ever.  Pretty hard to relate too.

[MugwortPsychonaut]

They're in cahoots with the heroin dealears.

[Beth Andrea]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that clothing "designers" want nothing to distract from Their Precious Clothing. Kinda like actors who never work with animals, because they know they'll be upstaged no matter what the dog/cat/chimp does (or doesn't) do, clothes "designers" want someone who is basically a plastic coat hanger.


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[barbie]

Women here in my country tend to wear conservatively. Of course, not all of them wear nicely. A few women in the street attract my attention, and subtle color and decoration with just plain clothes makes them look elegant. An example is a popular actress here.

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[cheryl reeves]

I'm blessed for my wife is my fashion designer, she makes me up where I don't standout but blend.

[CarlyMcx]

A lot of those models have been on a drug binge for a week with no sleep, the drug in question being caffeine.  The Fashion Police seem to favor girls who are six feet tall and badly underfed, and the girls are fighting to stay skinny enough not to get cut by their agency.

So they binge on caffeine and diet pills, eat little or nothing, and there you go.

If you want to see models that don't look like they need a visit to In-N-Out Burger, go with Victoria's Secret.  You have to have some curves to wear their stuff, and they always go with girls who are healthy looking and tanned.

[Venus]

Even for a cisgender girl, looking at beauty magazines is a pretty bad idea. They tend to make you feel ugly, lol. They aren't exactly realistic, either.

[Laura_7]

A lot of those models have been on a drug binge for a week with no sleep, the drug in question being caffeine.  The Fashion Police seem to favor girls who are six feet tall and badly underfed, and the girls are fighting to stay skinny enough not to get cut by their agency.

So they binge on caffeine and diet pills, eat little or nothing, and there you go.

If you want to see models that don't look like they need a visit to In-N-Out Burger, go with Victoria's Secret.  You have to have some curves to wear their stuff, and they always go with girls who are healthy looking and tanned.

Imo there are two lines of thinking:
the first one is the old one where women are told they have some kind of flaw to keep them buying some kind of stuff...
its like presenting ridiciously unfullfillable idols...

and the next one is to make people feel comfortable with what they are and try to make the best of what they have...
quite a few catalogues present everyday people therefore as models, and there is a feeling of belonging...

[Cindy Stephens]

     I have been a long time subscriber to a number of women's fashion mags -Allure, Glamour, Lucky etc.  I find that a few advertisers may show the heroin chic look, but most don't.  The ones that do are usually selling club wear, expensive club wear.  Bebe comes to mind.  Most go for more classic looks though themes tend to run through the industry.  Right now fancy hair and hair toys are the rage.  The makeup is nude and subdued to not divert the eye from the complex hair designs.  It often has a soft Victorian feel that I like. 
     Now weight is a different issue.  The designers refer to the models as "hangers" because they are there to display the clothes.  Hey, it is a BIG business.  France recently passed a law regulating how skinny a model can be.  I can't imagine a law like that passing here in US.  Some designers are in fact using more "realistic" models.  After all, the average American woman went from 135# in the 60's-to 165# today.  165# is actually the avg weight of the American male in the 60's.