In a Flare editorial, March 2006. Photographed by Max Abadian.
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Posts tagged "crystal renn"
I spy Crystal Renn! :} Ah, look at that jaw structure! Love her face… And everything else. haha
The first picture is of Crystal Renn when she first got into modelling - I’m reading her book atm, and she says a scout told her she had the face to be a supermodel - but she had to loose A THIRD of her body weight. She did this - and sadly became dangerously underweight and developed anorexia.
Now, she’s the top plus size model in the industry, plus the top paid. Funnily enough, she became more sucessful WHEN she put the weight on. This is the after pic. I think she’s beautiful now.
It is sooo good to see people reading her book. Renn rocks. :)
Finally some news on Crystal Renn!
Crystal Renn wrote a little essay for the Independent in response to Britain’s Next Top Model judge Julien MacDonald panning plus-size models like herself. She says a model is still a model, independent of size.
Part of the problem is this focus on straight sizes and plus sizes. It is creating an “us and them” mentality. We need to change the way we approach the whole thing, and do away with these terms. All we are is a bunch of models, no matter what size. Among women at large there’s no separation into straight sizes and plus sizes. The term “plus-size” leaves the public confused. In the industry a size eight is considered plus. In the wider world women don’t think like that.
Mistakes in the past have been to base things on extremes. Lots of shows have had size zero and size two girls followed by really curvaceous 16s. When that happens all you see is the size of the girl. The runway needs to be like the street: a variety. If you have more variety then the focus isn’t on the size.
She’s right: Models who are bigger than a size 2 shouldn’t be cast as publicity ponies to be gawked at, whether that is the intent of the designer or not. However, it’s just as easy to gawk at most runway models, who remain shockingly, distractingly thin.
Article from New York Fashion seen here.
What say you?
A leaked picture… Not sure what shoot its for, but I am sure we will find out in a few days!
This is still one of my favorite images of Crystal Renn’s. She wrote about this particular shoot in her book, which makes it sooooo cool! :) She just looks like a painting. She is brilliant, and this was when she was between a size 14/16! <3 her.
I adore this shoot. One of my favorites of her recent work! She is just amazing, size 10 or not.
Hey you Gary! Be my agent! K thx :}
London Times Cover.
Sail Away with Crystal and Chanel
Not all rumors are false!!
Plus size supermodel Crystal Renn made our dreams come true today when she walked the runway for Chanel 2011 Resort Collection in St. Tropez today (waiting for more images). We are happy to see that Karl Lagerfeld is now adding some new curvy shapes to his runway, and we are hoping that Lagerfeld continues on with this for fall fashion week and has put his dislike of plus size girls behind him.
Photos by Bernadette Mora & Lisa Tant
Post by Madison Plus! I had to spread the word my dears! Now I am going to clean and not come back on tumblr until it’s done! haha
