Beth Ditto Walks Jean Paul Gaultier Runway

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Oct 4th 2010 at 11:05AM

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Singer/designer Beth Ditto on the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2011 runway in Paris. Photos: Nathalie Lagneau, Catwalking / Getty Images | Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images

Take that, size zero!

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier gave curvy girls a major fashion shout-out by enlisting plus-size singer Beth Ditto to walk his Paris runway over the weekend.

The voluptuous Gossip crooner -- who designs a plus-size range for British retailer Evans -- opened and closed the show while modeling Gaultier's creations.

Rocking a blunt black bob and wild sci-fi-esque blue eye shadow, the size 26 star also sang an Ike and Tina Turner classic for the well-heeled crowd.

Ditto -- who once appeared on Love's cover in the nude -- isn't the only curvy beauty to hit the runway.

Plus-size supermodel Crystal Renn -- who also stars in Gaultier's Fall 2010 campaign -- hit Zac Posen's runway -- and let's not forget pregnant Miranda Kerr's turn on the Balenciaga catwalk.

So, is this just a passing fad, or is the fashion world finally ready to embrace full-figured beauty? Guess we'll find out next season.

Meanwhile, Fashion Week has also put senior citizen models front and center.

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Tags: beth ditto, fashion shows, Fashion Week, jean paul gaultier, paris fashion week, Paris Fashion Week Spring 2011, plus size, plus-size celebrities, plus-size models, the gossip

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courtney, 10-04-2010, 11:14PM

i'm all about being curvy, but i don't think that's the appropriate adjective here. she looks like a bottle of damiana. i think she could have pulled off a different piece, but these particular outfits don't hang well and look like they were intended for someone much smaller. the close cropped hair and wild makeup just add to the tight, constricting vibe. i guess she just doesn't look comfortable to me - confident maybe, but not physically comfortable - and it comes across.

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vicvod, 10-05-2010, 7:58AM

REPORT THE LOW LIFE SPAMMERS AND MAYBE AOL WILL DO SOMETHING!

Diana B., 10-05-2010, 12:09PM

What's damiana?

dal0506, 10-05-2010, 10:56AM

You are so right. Those outfits would look ridiculous on Tyra Banks or Kate Moss or Heidi Klum, (keep the list running). What's the point of highlighting the plus-sized model and then making her look like an idiot?

Susan, 10-05-2010, 6:42PM

I agree completely, Courtney. The first thing I thought when I saw the pics was "poor girl" because the hair is wrong, the outfits are wrong and all they emphasize is her size, not her beauty.

expert, 10-05-2010, 7:13PM

Yeah - this was not her look. I think the right designer could have done much better.

Bravo to her for going out there!

Julie, 10-05-2010, 6:34AM

Oh, my gosh! What is this world coming to?

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Apple, 10-05-2010, 11:26AM

Give it a "Rest" all you hater's! Your missing the Extremely Important Point.....Jean Paul Gauteir had the gutt's to let a "Big" girl strutt his Fashion's on the run way....Awesome!!!!! Some men like it "Big"...not everyone is a size 2...Don't hate......Appreciate! Good For The Big Girl's!

silverfrmn, 10-05-2010, 6:52AM

I agree with lhvpc, this is way beyond plus size! More like XXXXL

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Katie, 10-05-2010, 12:31PM

And you're an opinionated LOSER like your opinionated jerk buddy that you agree with!
Too bad that while people are finally coming to accept that humans were created in different colors and genders, we were also created in different sizes! How hard is that to grasp? Yes, plenty of people don't do anything to help themselves, but plenty of us work our tails off and STILL we're considered FAT! It's just another way that all the HATERS out there get their jollies. They think they are so much better than everyone else.

the Q, 10-05-2010, 7:12AM

voluptuous?? full figured??? uhhhh I think the word they're looking for is morbidly obese. They can dress her any way they like to make being obese acceptable, but the fact remains obesity is not a good thing.

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Rebecca, 10-05-2010, 7:19AM

Ok I am plus sized and those outfits and make up did not enhance her. The one with the draping was hideous, and the black skirt if it were a tad bit longer even with that horrible poofy top it would have been an improvement. They did not even change her makeup; it was beyond drag queen looking. The shoes were the only thing that looked good and her pretty face! Oye! With both outfit they did not accessorize (no jewelry she needed long fashionable earring and perhaps a nice necklace and bracelets for the black outfit, and please someone fix her hair. Did this woman have any say on what they were going to have her wear? This could be a picture for an adversment deterring women from gaining weight; worked for me I am officially on a diet!

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ZeppeLynn, 10-05-2010, 7:28AM

I completely agree. And it doesn't help, in my opinion, that she's smiling so hugely. It looks like she's thinking "Get a load of me, ma! I'm on a runway!" I'm not saying all models have to look depressed, but geez. She doesn't look high-fashion AT ALL here. Some one should have told her how to move and use her face like a model. Then she could've owned that runway.

Bait, 10-05-2010, 12:45PM

I agree with just about everything you said. But, accessories??? Why would she want to add anything to that mess of clothing and make-up? She looks like an ad. for a Halloween Costume store.

carl, 10-05-2010, 7:35AM

Wow! It's nice to see that everyone on here with a negative comment about this model is young, beautiful and a size 0.

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lhvpc, 10-05-2010, 8:40AM

Actually I am old and ugly. But I still know what FAT looks like and she is FAT!

katie, 10-05-2010, 11:24AM

lhvpc...that plus size model can lose weight. you will still be oid and ugly. inside and out.

Lori, 10-05-2010, 7:50AM

Ok..Ok..Ok... I am not petite and there are plenty of sizes between 0 and 24. Holy crap, this looks horrific. This does not look like fashion, it looks like Halloween. A different look would have been sooooo much better. This does the plus size no justice what-so-ever. Something else could have pulled off the fun and a little crazy look, but this was not it.

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