In the last four years, especially since Lizzie Miller’s belly shot in Glamour of 2009, and V mag’s “Curves Ahead” story in early 2010 there has been a steady growth of editorial opportunities for plus models. The consumer demand is finally tipping the scales in favor of plus, capitalism caught up to principle.
But I noticed more than one fellow plus model in the industry, after booking a few editorial shoots in magazines, wonder out loud when she was going to have some clothes on. Curious, I did an exhaustive search with Madison Plus owner Aimee Cheshire. Looking back we noticed an absolute trend. Most of the shoots were partially if not all nude, swim or lingerie. Even in W’s recent “Transformers” shoot, which featured an otherwise fully-clothed Candice Huffine, she is fully-revealing her breast, the only nudity in the story….
Read more by Leona Palmer here.
This post is really interesting to me, being a model, most high fashion jobs are very scandalous jobs indeed. And that is not really something I am interested in. I am interested in fashion, sure fashion and nudity can go hand in hand. But I prefer seeing fashion over nudity any day… Maybe its me? Thoughts??
