my poetry is in a dress

[sinklikeastone]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that any outrage over a lack of black women/men in fashion shows (especially in the biggies (milan, paris etc)) needs to be stopped. I mean, come on.

Yes, there are very few black women in those shoes.
There are also very few asian women.
Or freckled women.
Or larger women.

These shows are not about equality - they are about

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[i_heart_stuff]

I think shoes should be "shows" and "peace" should be "piece".

Other than that, I pretty much agree. Same with the whole fat/skinny debate in fashion shows. I mean, girls have been skinny in fashions shows for ages, why stop now?

[sinklikeastone]

I think you're right. Also, many sentence structure issues lol. But I was pissed off and SPELLING DIDN'T MATTER =P

what am i saying? spelling ALWAYS matters.

Exactly. I want 'real' women to be in local fashion things, what I will wear. But models in these shows are coathangers for the clothing, accessories for the outfits. I LIKE that they all have the same figure.

[random_thespian]

I agree with you. I know for a fact a lot of designers will pick certain models for a collection because of size and skintone, specifically. I've also seen entire collections shown with black models. It really isn't a matter of discrimination...most of the time, haha.

[sinklikeastone]

I'm glad, I was getting very worried by the 'outrage' or this 'racism'. If we're getting upset over the looks of the models in fashion shows, we're forgetting the bigger picture.