Claudia Schiffer speaks out against skinny models
1990s supermodel Claudia Schiffer has spoken out about today's bone-thin models. "It doesn't really look good any more," Schiffer, 36, said in Germany's Bunte magazine according to Reuters. She acknowledged that fashion looks good on thin models but that today's models are just too bony to be attractive. Starting out, the German model was one of the curvier models but she has lost weight after having her two children and now eats chocolate and drinks whole milk to retain her figure.Claudia's comments come after months of controversy regarding the super-thin models on catwalks worldwide. The models were banned in Milan and Madrid and there has been a lot of discussion regarding how thin is too thin for models. Recently when I was at fashion week I was waiting in line with a woman whose daughter was walking in one of the shows. She mentioned that her daughter had recently been in Paris and had been told by one of the designers that she needed to lose a half-inch of her hips. Her mother told me that her daughter didn't quite see how that would be possible given that she is 5'11" and weighs 115 lbs. While according to her mother, this girl just has lucky genetics, it seems to me that taking the naturally thin and making them even thinner is a sign that models really are too emaciated lately. I applaud Claudia's comments on bringing a little more meat back to the runway.






Dora, 10-25-2006, 2:40PM
WELL CLAUDIA WAS NOT EXACTLY A FATTY HERSELF, SO WHO IS SHE TO SAY WHAT LOOKS GOOD OR NOT. IN HER DAY, SHE WAS THIN AND NOT EVEN ANYWHERE NEAR BEING CONSIDERED A FULL FIGURED MODEL SO I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY ALL OF THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE IN'S AND OUT'S OF THE INDUSTRY. SHE JUST NEEDS TO GO BACK INTO RETIREMENT AND BASICALLY STAY T HERE AND KEEP HER TRAP SHUT.
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