Inside Plus Size Modeling Analysis
Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling by Amanda Czerniawski, details her experiences as a plus-sized woman in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is known for pushing the agenda of the ideal image of a woman. When plus-sized models enter the modeling industry, they are scrutinized or fetishized. Additionally, Czerniawski analyzes how the fashion industry objectifies plus-sized models. Essentially, the fashion industry has the ability to enforce and objectify the images of how we perceive beauty, and what is beautiful. First, in order to understand the business of plus-size modeling , Czerniawski must define and understand what qualifies as fat in the fashion industry. She notes that the standard of fat in the fashion industry is
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She seeks to answer, “What happens when they are not on the runway but, rather, on an ordinary sidewalk on a city street”(p. 58). Are they still the same liberated females challenging the standard of beauty in fashion? Czerniawski’s approach to his study stems from how the fashion industry defines plus size in relation to society’s image of a plus size woman. Due to this, many viewers have different perspectives of what constitutes as fat. She asserts, “Most casual observers of plus-size models would probably not even perceive them as ‘plus-size,’ let alone fat”(Czerniawski, 2015, p. 29). However, sometimes society’s views of fat are negative. Being fat is often times considered as being lazy, and lacking …show more content…
Challenging the ideal of beauty set by the fashion industry, comes at a cost. The phenomenon Czerniawski wanted to analyze was to show that plus-size models are not often empowered as it would appear to be. Challenging the ideal of beauty set by the fashion industry, comes at a cost. She explains, “Plus-size models must conform to an image created by fashion’s tastemakers—agents and designers”(Czerniawski, 2015, p. 209). Essentially, plus-size models are not as liberated or in control of their bodies as it would appear to be. Plus-size models must conform to the standards and images that the fashion industry sets out to achieve. Czerniawski sought out to show that in the fashion industry, these women were not challenging the ideal of beauty in the industry, but rather changing their bodies to be
She seeks to answer, “What happens when they are not on the runway but, rather, on an ordinary sidewalk on a city street”(p. 58). Are they still the same liberated females challenging the standard of beauty in fashion? Czerniawski’s approach to his study stems from how the fashion industry defines plus size in relation to society’s image of a plus size woman. Due to this, many viewers have different perspectives of what constitutes as fat. She asserts, “Most casual observers of plus-size models would probably not even perceive them as ‘plus-size,’ let alone fat”(Czerniawski, 2015, p. 29). However, sometimes society’s views of fat are negative. Being fat is often times considered as being lazy, and lacking …show more content…
Challenging the ideal of beauty set by the fashion industry, comes at a cost. The phenomenon Czerniawski wanted to analyze was to show that plus-size models are not often empowered as it would appear to be. Challenging the ideal of beauty set by the fashion industry, comes at a cost. She explains, “Plus-size models must conform to an image created by fashion’s tastemakers—agents and designers”(Czerniawski, 2015, p. 209). Essentially, plus-size models are not as liberated or in control of their bodies as it would appear to be. Plus-size models must conform to the standards and images that the fashion industry sets out to achieve. Czerniawski sought out to show that in the fashion industry, these women were not challenging the ideal of beauty in the industry, but rather changing their bodies to be