Tuesday, 22 September 2009

DO WE WANT "PLUS SIZE" MODELS ON MAGAZINES?

Lizzie Miller, a UK size 12 model appeared on US edition of Glamour in August.
The magazine received a really positive reaction from people but some journalists weren't convinced about a possible general trend.

Do you think women want to see these kind of images on glossy magazines? Do you (as a woman) want to see them?
























Thursday, 17 September 2009

STARS SANS FARDS

April's issue of French Elle featured images of celebrities including model Eva Herzigova and actresses Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci without any makeup or retouching in order to show their natural beauty.

This can seem kind of "natural" but, in the world we live, it is practically a revolution. I agree that this is kind of an extreme - no trick at all - but, are these pictures showing that the future of beauty is going in this direction?







































Thursday, 10 September 2009

LAST GIVENCHY ADVERTISEMENT

This is the last Givenchy advertisement. Although there are a lot of ads with the same characteristics, this one made me stopped and looked again.

I found it dark and the models look unhealthy to me. They even have kind of a crazy look.

My question is...do we, as women, like this aesthetics?

Wednesday, 2 September 2009

ARE THE 90'S MODELS BACK?

Are the 90's models back again? Really?

After scanning the media, I have no doubt that the famous supermodels are back, they are everywhere: magazine covers, commercial campaigns, articles, exhibitions...

My question would be if they still represent the same values with their physical apperance as they did during the first part of their careers.

In order to solve this question, I have selected images of three supermodels: Eva Herzigova, Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer to analyse if they look similar now to how they did in the 90's.
Are all of them still representing the image of a sexy, healthy and real woman with curves and a positive attitude?

Judge by yourselves and comment the differences...if there are