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wtf, Karl?

thehecticeclecticgirl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:02 -0500

I think your snazzy collar is cutting off the circulation to your brain...

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And the world asks why so

bsda44 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:34:11 -0500

And the world asks why so many women suffer from low body image that leads to eating disorders. Well obviously, the acceptance from not everyone concerns me. If not even desginers themselves can accept every woman for who they are, these women who are larger ( which is actually normal ) will never have the confidence they desire

Eating disorders are a huge problem, and are the number one fatal mental disorder. There has to be a stop to this thin desire that is actually very unhealthy. Too thin, like some of the models walking the runway, will kill a great amount of both women and men!

Karl Lagerfeld said that?

MamacitaG — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:34:29 -0500

Karl Lagerfeld said that? Who cares? One person's opinion on anything has never influenced my way of thinking all that much. Let him drape his ugly size zero dresses on women stupid enough to buy into his version of "beauty;" he's missing the cash boat by not caring enough about the general population to design for them. Not that "normal" women would buy his "creations" even if we won the lottery; they ain't purty and they ain't affordable. I require both before I shell out.

I think everyone is beautiful, but some of us are certainly healthier than others. Perhaps that is what we should focus on, instead of the weight thing.

I side with Dave Barry, who said that he had never found a woman's internal organs or skeleton all that attractive, and prefers people to be the healthy version of themselves, whatever that might be. (His essay "Build Yourself A Killer Bod With Killer Bees" is a must-read for y'all. I highly recommend it.) (Very highly.) (Do it now.)

P.S. I have many gay friends and they are all fantastic people. Please don't judge all gay men by this one hag.

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Dear Karl Lagerfeld, Kiss My Blooming-Ass!

Late Bloomer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:28:00 -0500

Dear Karl,

Obviously your "art" is more important to you than anything else. How vacuous, how narcissistic, how stupid. Perhaps you might emerge from your skinny, black wearing, ego-centric bubble? You, with your celebrity are more responsible than the average citizen for the well-being of our daughters. My husband & I have lain awake nights wondering when the next time our child might eat will be......SO, kiss my plus sized, blooming, ass!

Love,

Patricia, mother of 3, artist, feminist, writer.

An Awakening

maricrisg — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:45:11 -0500

Fashion Industry finally realizes that there's more to be had featuring real women with real bodies. I'm not saying thin is not real but there's a difference between an unhealthy looking stick-thin and healthy plumpier slim. It has become more realistic than fantasy for most women to see that now they can actually fit into these fabulous clothes. There's always that feeling of being left out since most of these clothes are tailored to thin women. Don't you just hate it when you go to a clothing store and find a real good looking outfit but they don't have YOUR size?

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Poor Karl

debontherocks — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:34:19 -0500

He's just attention whoring. And after losing something like 90 pounds he hawked his high-protein book for awhile, and every once in a while says something to stir up size controversy -- like saying Heidi Klum is too heavy. Either he's just getting attention, or he is cranky because it's been too long since he had a carb.

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Oh the IRONY

Azucar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:48 -0500

Does anyone else remember when Lagerfeld was Fatty McFatterson?

Does LAGERFELD remember that? I do.

He's an idiot

Vered — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:31:26 -0500

Not in the sense that he's stupid, because by all reports he is highly intelligent (if eccentric and peculiar), but in the sense that Karl Lagerfeld lives in his own fantasy world and is so removed from the daily reality of most people, he really shouldn't make comments on others and on how they look/ act, or should look/ act.

Karl Lagerfeld's Fat Mummies remark is just as ridiculous as he is.

To answer your question, I'd much rather see real women in magazines. It would probably make me buy more, too.

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MattHouston777 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:28:37 -0500

Wow...

I guess when all you do is sell to anorexics... I guess your life is good. After all. That guys is one snapper dresser!

I have noticed that there is quite a lack of plus size models for all sorts of website / internet boutiques. Don't know why...

I am just aware that the manufacturers want to sell to the plus size market as they sell plus size lingerie and clothing. AND at the same time these are the same knobs that will NOT suupply plus size model pics for those internet sites...

Go figure.... I would rather have the real deal (pictures)...
Then sell a "weightloss fantasy clothing"... OK - Off my soap box...

Always interesting aricles... Thanks!

Anyway back to Karl Lagerfeld... Yep A Douche'

Not Allies - Competitors

MLOKnitting — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:46:08 -0500

I have known many - not all - gay men who see women as primarily competitors and act out on jealousy much of the time. Some are even open about it. Some of these men actually believe that if they could just get rid of these "women" they would get the man that they want.

I also know many straight men who consider the fashion industry nothing more than a haven for whatever a gay man considers ideal - with no relevance to what a straight man would want.

I honestly don't think that gay men are any more allies of women than gay women are allies of straight men! That is just a silly assumption.

MLO / Melissa

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Women and gay men

Susan Wagner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:18:06 -0500

You bring up an interesting point about the alignment between women and gay men -- and you're right that those groups are typically allies. But I can't help wondering if that is precisely what makes Lagerfeld's comments so inflamatory -- we expect him to understand that beauty isn't about size, so when he disses plus size models and mothers, we're infuriated.

I'll have to think more about that, but your comment got me mulling. Thank you!

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I work in the

emcgillivray — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:18:25 -0500

I work in the ready-to-wear clothing industry and can assure you that stores are only ordering what they think they sell, especially in the current economy. When buying, they make an educated guess on what sizes they need the most of and the least of based on past customer buying size trends and a general feel of who their audience is.

In a typical women's clothing store (not juniors or plus size or designer boutiques), the most buying generally happens size 8-14. Other sizes will have less or perhaps no buys, which also depends on what the company makes. A lot of ready-to-wear (and usually cheaper) clothing isn't made in "model" sizes or plus sizes, and if choosing between the two, plus sizes are more profitable for the company to expand into. There is no trend toward 0 sizing (unless you count poor self-esteem), no matter what fashion mags and Karl Lagerfeld want you to believe.

Erica

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Karl Lagerfeld is a Douche

CrazyAdventuresinParenting — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0500

With a capital D.

"Fat mummies," he said? Really? Don't think any customer or client of his who has children will be buying from him again. Score one for you, Karlsie!

I think the real issue today is just as was mentioned earlier - health. It shouldn't be about being thin enough for magazine covers, airbrushing, size 0 & photoshop. It also shouldn't be about classifying size 12 as plus size, either. It should be about eating well, getting enough exercise, and being healthy regardless of size. I am so sick and tired of people judging others based upon looks, that skinny people are skeletons and fat people are slobs or "mummies" with chips in front of the TV. Gah!

Karl (and others like him) deserve a good slap in the mouth.

~ Lisa

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Hmmm....

Willful Woman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:42:38 -0500

Yeah.. Karl can go take a flying leap and take his whole creepy look with him BUT I think we have to be careful here. Women and gay men, in general, aren't enemies. We're allies. We've both been screwed by the system. And traditionally, it's been more the lens of the straight man that has objectified women's bodies. It's not gay men's lack of interest in our bodies that's the problem. That gets a little too close to homophobia for my comfort. I mean, since when has hetero men's interest in our bodies protected us from being exploited by them, right?

I do think Lagerfield, individually, is a misogynist artist in search of a bare canvas and doesn't think of women as full human beings. And his fat mummies crack is just gross. Mothers, no matter what their weight, are the opposite of that bare canvas. They are full of life and sometimes expecting it, soft in places and, yes, sometimes fat in a beautiful way that people like Karl could never even grasp, let alone find a way to celebrate through clothes.

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Dresses for catwalk models only

millytant — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:44:51 -0500

There has been enormous amount of comment on this outrage.

Some even go as far as saying that the dresses he designs are never expected to be seen in high street and that the dresses are for one catwalk appearance only.

High street shops now have a good selection of dresses lets hope that the continuation of the trend toward size zero clothes is ignored in our shops.