Less than one per cent of the models at the Spring/Summer 24 womenswear shows were plus-size, new analysis has revealed, painting a grim picture of the future of representation across the fashion industry.
to determine the proportion of the 9584 total looks that were straight-size , mid-size and plus-size .
“Of the 9,137 looks shown across the world fashion week, only 0.6% of them were ‘plus size’ ,” a third said.“Whatever strides they claim we’ve made in fashion, they’re not enough. It’s as fatphobic as it’s always been. “I was hopeful we would see continued progress , but there has been an unapologetic propensity toward thinness,” Elsesser said.
“It’s important to have designers … who know the audience and don’t really care what fashion thinks. They’re making up their own rules as they go along, and I don’t think that we celebrate these designers enough,” she said. A model walks the runway at the Karoline Vitto fashion show during Milan Fashion Week. Picture: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Imagesafter allegations of misogyny, bullying and harassment and criticism of cultural appropriation and a lack of diversity on the runway – premieredon Prime Video last week. In a statement, it said it hoped the new project would “uplift and champion women all over the world … and serve women of all sizes and budgets”.
“There is a lot of controversy surrounding it, and honestly, I think I agree with a lot of it,” she declared.
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