Today we present to you the latest instalment of Designers Being Big Dickheads Who Still Don’t Appreciate The Diversity Of Women’s Bodies.
American model Ashley Grahram, best known for flaunting her killer curves in lingerie shoots and having a dang Barbie modelled from her, has just made her debut on the cover of British Vogue.
Celebrations aside, her huge achievement was overshadowed by the fact that, according to Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman, numerous designers “flatly refused” to dress her for the shoot.
“The shoot was put together fairly last-minute and we are all very grateful to the people at Coach who, under the creative direction of Stuart Vevers, moved speedily to provide clothes for us that had to come from outside their sample range,” the magazine’s longest serving editor penned her monthly Editor’s Letter.
“They were enthusiastic about dressing a woman who is not a standard model, but sadly there were other houses that flatly refused to lend us their clothes.”
Grahram is one of the first ‘fuller figure’ women to grace the cover of the iconic mag, and Shulman agrees that the fashion world needs to grow the fuck up and get used to it, stat.
“It seems strange to me that while the rest of the world is desperate for fashion to embrace broader definitions of physical beauty, some of our most famous fashion brands appear to be travelling in the opposite – and, in my opinion, unwise – direction,” she wrote.
Amen.
Source: E! Online.
Photo: British Vogue.
