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Mark Fast has sparked huge controversy after using plus-size models in his S/S10 collection at London Fashion Week.
The Canadian designer known for his super tight body-con knitwear used three plus-size models from agency 12+ on Friday, as well as the usual stream of waif-life models.
But not everyone in his team approved of the last-minute decision, which caused both his stylist and casting director walked out. Oh dear, temper tantrum?
Fast’s managing director Amanda May told the Telegraph there were “creative differences with regards to the casting of those girls. There was a team change and we’re glad we stuck to our decision.
Fast wasn’t the only one to go against the grain at London Fashion Week; PPQ used exclusively black models in their line-up and the Sykes collection was presented on models up to the age of 70.
Whilst we’d hardly call Fast’s svelt size 12 and 14 models ‘plus-size’, we do think this change is really encouraging and applaud the designer on his step-away from skinny.
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Hurray Mark Fast! I really hope some of our American designers will follow your lead and incorporate curvier models into their shows this fall!
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its nice to know a designer has done this, its nice to look at normal sized women. because as we all know its worryin to think even girls younger than 8 are looking at their bodies and calling themselves ‘fat’! what a rediculous world we live in how we are constantly looking at ours shapes. no wonder nobody has any confidence.
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why is this controversial? should the models look like walking zombies instead?
thank you Mark for having normal-looking women on the runway. honestly I couldn’t even tell they were size 12. they still look skinny to me, just not like the sad walking skeletons you usually see in fashion.
Plus-size? All these women look healthy and attractive to me, which is a refreshing change from the walking skeletons with dull hair and glossy eyes that you usually see modeling high fashion.
i am doing a project for school and the title is how does the media effect the way women feel about their body.
and i think it is really great that you use 14+ models it makes people who see models like these… it makes them feel normal (if that makes sense)
Wow. really? I a size 10/12 model who is 5’10″. I do runway and find it really lame that the stylist and casting director would walk out. That is really offensive. Like I am not technically PLUS, but I’m not a stick.Sorry we aren’t see through and our ribs don’t show, but we can look good in clothes too (sometimes better). These girls look gorgeous! work it!
Plus-sized? Are you kidding? These women look gorgeous — much sexier and healthier than the usual ‘Skelators’ on the runway.
Why does the fashion industry go from size zero to ‘plus-sized’ with no in-between?
How about ‘sickly-bony’, ‘healthy’, ‘plus-sized’, then ‘Rubanesque’.
These models would fall in the ‘healthy’ category.
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