Tag: Body image

Robyn Lawley for Cosmopolitan Australia December 2013

November 11, 2013 by The CoF

Cosmopolitan Australia : Everyone’s talkin’ about Robyn Text by EDWINA CARR Robyn Lawley’s kick ass approach to body image and Cosmo bikini shoot have caught global attention. She’s been featured in the pages of Cosmo for years. Why? Because she’s drop-dead gorgeous (and she also doesn’t happen to be a size 6). And now Robyn Lawley and her kickin’ curves are getting some serious global attention. The 24-year-old Aussie who’s modelled for Ralph Lauren and numerous times for Cosmoappeared on a pro-ana Facebook […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Cosmopolitan Australia, December 2013, Robyn Lawley

ROBYN LAWLEY NAKED WITH ANIMALS IN 'SIZE DOES MATTER' Photo- Courtesy of Kenneth Willardt

Robyn Lawley for “Size Does Matter” exhibition by Kenneth Willardt

November 11, 2013 by The CoF

Size does matter, especially when it comes to women, says Kenneth Wilardt about his exhibition entitled Size Does Matter that aopened on 8th of November in New York. The photographer of Danish origin who leaves in New York specializes in shots of celebrity beauty and wanted to pay tribute to the curvy bodies by clicking one of the icons of this world: the model Robyn Lawley. After Lady Gaga, Keira Knightley, Beyonce and Rihanna, the photographer has chosen a well-rounded […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Kenneth Willardt, Plus-size model, Robyn Lawley, Size Does Matter

"Body Evolution." created in 2011 by GlobalDemocracy.com

You and the impact of Photoshop

October 31, 2013 by The CoF

Fashion is an industry that produce beautiful images to sell products. From beauty to clothing,from men magazines to selling insurance, photography most of the time is trying to sell a dream, to awake a desire that finally will materialize in buying the product. I’m ok with it and most of us I think but when imagery is crossing a line and it’s becoming fantasy that’s not anymore advertising it is a totally a misunderstanding of what actually people want and […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA, Video • Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Body Evolution, Body image, GlobalDemocracy.com, Women

National Survey Reveals How the Plus Size Woman Perceives Herself

October 8, 2013 by The CoF

About the Survey Sonsi.com partnered with Op4G (Opinions For Good), a leading online market research panel. The survey was conducted on August 28 to September 2, 2013. Survey respondents were women sizes 14 and up. The sample size was n=1,000 with a margin of error of 3.1%. Plus Size? Full Figured? Curvy? When it comes to describing her size, what term does she prefer? Women sizes 14 and up are evenly split on this, with 28 percent preferring the term “curvy”; […]

Categories: Fashion, News, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, clothing, Plus size, Plus-size model, Women

Doutzen Kroes confesses to The Telegraph : “Even I’m Not A Sample Size In Real Life”

October 7, 2013 by The CoF

An article from The Telegraph @ telegraph.co.uk by Tamsin Blanchard : ” She had little interest in how she looked or what she wore when she was growing up. The woman whose thick glossy hair was to become worth millions of dollars to L’Oréal says that as a teenager she barely knew what a hairdryer was. She was born in Friesland, a rural province with a population of less than 650,000 and a lot of cows and windmills, […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Doutzen Kroes, Health, Life, Models, the telegraph, Women

Georgina Wilkin,former model: ‘What young girls can learn from my anorexia’

October 7, 2013 by The CoF

If You Strugle With An Eating Disorder Learn How To Recover Or Ask For Help At Beat Here ! An article from The Telegraph @ telegraph.co.uk By Georgina Wilkin, Former model Georgina Wilkin, 23, a former Prada model who has spent the past eight years battling anorexia, talks candidly about how eating disorders have become ‘normal’, why casting directors should be made to promote healthy eating among young models and her advice for achieving ‘body confidence’. ” I started modelling when I […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Eating disorder, Georgina Wilkin, Health, Life, Models, Women

Miranda Kerr for Cosmopolitan November 2013

Miranda Kerr : There was so much rejection in the beginning. Models are some of the most insecure people I’ve ever met.

October 2, 2013 by The CoF

On modeling: “My life is more balanced than ever. There was so much rejection in the beginning. Models are some of the most insecure people I’ve ever met. They’re constantly being told they’re not good enough. You’ve really got to practice loving yourself.” Be driven when it’s needed: “I’m a lot stronger than people think. I started my own company, invested my own money in it, and have been involved in every facet. I’m that person who says, no matter what the […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Cosmopolitan, editorial, Miranda Kerr, Models, November 2013, photograhy, Women

The Unexpected Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2014 Show

September 27, 2013 by The CoF

“We’re rejecting conventional beauty, creating our own beauty,” said Rick Owens after he made a real show yesterday : collection spring/summer 2014 showed a 40 stepping ( the hybrid of step dancing, cheerleading, and military drill that is as competitive as cheerleading in African-American colleges) dancers from four American teams. They say that the designer found them on a page on YouTube. “Step teams are an American phenomenon,” he said backstage after the show. “My aesthetic has always been about […]

Categories: Fashion, News, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, culture, fashion show, Models, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, Rick Owens, spring/summer 2014, Women

Eddie Murphy’s Daughter ,Bria Murphy Describes Unhealthy Model Habit

September 26, 2013 by The CoF

If You’re Struggling With An Eating Disorder, Call The National Eating Disorders Helpline At 1-800-931-2237. Here we go again. Another model has revealed to the mainstream media that some models, in an effort to stay thin, eat cotton balls. The latest revelation comes from Bria Murphy, Eddie Murphy’s 23-year-old daughter who models for beauty brand Dark & Lovely and has posed for magazines like Maxim. Murphy told “Good Morning America” that she’s witnessed her fellow models go to dangerous lengths to stay thin, from drug […]

Categories: Fashion, People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Bria Murphy, Eating disorder, Good Morning America, Health, Life, Models

Huffington Post : I’ve Seen Girls Pull Out Their Own Teeth To Look Skinnier

September 26, 2013 by The CoF

An article from the Huffington Post : ” We’ve heard the horror stories of the lengths models will go to to look skinny, fromworking out eight hours a day to eating tissues and cotton balls. But even we’re shocked by the latest anecdote: Model Katia Elizarova says she saw her peers pull out their own teeth to look thinner. Elizarova is still active in the modeling biz, not to mention expanding into the acting world and a new British reality TV show, “Meet The Russians.” But […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Health, Huffington Post, Katia Elizarova, Life, LONDON, Models, society, Sunday Times, Women

Carré Otis photo by Peter Lindbergh Vogue Italia, January 1990

Carré Ottis : The truth about modelling

August 26, 2013 by The CoF

Text by BY CARRÉ OTIS, with DR SARAH SPINNER VOGUE THINK models are effortlessly perfect glamour magnets lapping up the good life? US model Carre Otis lets Vogue.com.au in on the truth about airbrushing, starvation, yellow teeth and sexual abuse… When I was 18 and arriving on the modelling scene in the mid-80s, attention from the public felt sudden and surprising. After working so hard as a teenager in both Europe and the States, after so many rejections and failed “gosees”(castings), after the […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Anorexia, Body image, Carré Otis, Health, Life, Vogue, Women

Robyn Lawley: the world’s most refreshing supermodel?

August 26, 2013 by The CoF

The 6ft 2in, size 16 Australian is a Vogue cover star and food writer who thinks fashion has a weight problem Text by Sali Hughes for The Guardian, Saturday 24 August 2013 “ Robyn Lawley is the supermodel you’ve never heard of. Last year she was the face of Ralph Lauren; the year before she appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue. She has her own fashion range, a book deal, and presents cookery shows in her native Australia. But you probably don’t recognise Lawley because […]

Categories: Fashion, People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Health, Plus-size model, Robyn Lawley, The Guardian, Women

The Anatomy of Fashion: Why We Dress the Way We Do

August 23, 2013 by The CoF

Text by ERIC WILSON TWO FAVORITE TARGETS of Colin McDowell, the senior statesman of the fashion press, a former writer for The Sunday Times of London and an occasional critic of critics in his opinion column on the Business of Fashion blog, are people who do not know what they are talking about and people who know so much that no one else knows what they are talking about. “As we all know, only academics can read other academics,” Mr. McDowell said recently. On […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Body image, Colin McDowell, culture, Phaidon Press

Jennie Runk: My life as a ‘plus-size’ model

August 22, 2013 by The CoF

When H&M hired a “plus-size” model to show off the range of sizes for its beachwear, the ad campaign caused much discussion , enough that Runk decided to write a moving essay for BBC about the shoot. TEXT BY JENNIE RUNK ” I had no idea that my H&M beachwear campaign would receive so much publicity. I’m the quiet type who reads books, plays video games, and might be a little too obsessed with her cat. So, suddenly having a large amount […]

Categories: People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Health, Jennie Runk, Models, Plus-size model, Women

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The 10 curvy models that are changing the world of fashion

August 22, 2013 by The CoF

They are now definitely part of the fashion industry, for the happiness of those who have always fought against thinness at all costs. Curvy models won public opinion as well as the most important glossy magazines around the world and the most prestigious runways.Crystal Renn, Saffi Carina, Jennie Runk, Tess Munster, Tara Lynn, Ashley Graham, Robyn Lawley, Justine LeGault, Candice Huffin, Velvet d’amour are part of the LIST of the10 most influencial curvy models of the moment by Huffington Post. Related articles Tess Munster : What I Learned as a Plus Size Model (thecitizensoffashion.com) Robyn Lawley […]

Categories: The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Ashley Graham, Body image, Crystal Renn, Health, Huffington Post, Jennie Runk, Plus-size model, Robyn Lawley, tara lynn, Tess Munster, Women

Tess Munster : What I Learned as a Plus Size Model

August 22, 2013 by The CoF

Tess is a southern girl based in LA who turned her dreams into a reality. She is a Plus Size Model, Make Up Artist, Blogger, Activist and founder of the body positive movement #effyourbeautystandards. She was also recently named one of the world’s top plus size models by Refinery 29, Huff Post, & Vogue Italia! text by Tess Munster ” It’s approaching the third year anniversary of when I first started modeling professionally as a plus size model and I’ve […]

Categories: The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Huffington Post, Life, Plus-size model, Tess Munster, Vogue Italia, Women

Roberto Cavalli sketch for Beyoncé Knowles

June 12, 2013 by The CoF

When it comes to judging, commenting and accusing we can master this “skills” very well. The latest? The press release by Roberto Cavalli office of a sketch for Beyoncé Knowles Mrs. Carter World Tour. Why? Because some people,blogs and websites started to comment and accuse of promoting an unhealthy body image. The readers of this blog knows already that I’m trying to promote a healthy body image and that in the The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA category you can find more information about […]

Categories: Fashion, News, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: BEYONCÉ KNOWLES, Body image, Health, illustration, Roberto Cavalli, Sketches

Vogue Australia June 2013 : Poster Girl

May 21, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue Australia June 2013 issue : Model: Robin LawleyPhotographer: Stephen WarnStyling: Rebecca Caratti

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, editorial, Health, June 2013, Models, Photography, Rebecca Caratti, Robin Lawley, Stephen Warn, vogue australia

H&M Promotes A Healthy Body Image By Using A 12 Size Model

May 19, 2013 by The CoF

H&M has generated big buzz by tapping Jennie Runk, a size 12 American model, to front its plus-size swimwear campaign this season. “Our aim is not to convey a certain message or show an ideal,” H&M spokeswoman Jennifer Ward tells Quartz.com, “but to find a model who can illustrate this collection in an inspiring and clear way.” .

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Ceen Wahren, H&M, Health, Jennie Runk, Life, Models, Photography, Plus-size model, summer 2013

You Are Not A Sketch , Say No To Anorexia By Star Models Brazil

May 13, 2013 by The CoF

ATTENTION !!! PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGES !!! By Daily Mail : Star Models, a modeling agency based in Brazil, has released a graphic new anti-anorexia ad campaign, using Photoshop to turn models into life-size fashion illustrations. The ads, which run with the tag line ‘Say no to anorexia,’ show a fashion illustration with typically exaggerated proportions next to a model wearing the same outfit – and the same measurements. While the models have been airbrushed […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Anti-Anorexia, Body image, Brazil, Eating disorder, Health, Life, Photography

Models + Food = Love

March 21, 2013 by The CoF

The CoF Against ProAnorexia Blogs and Websites , from Vogue Italia here is an other article that try to show and promote HEALTH. Models eat! Actually they are in love with food! because there can’t be beauty without health . There is nothing without health! “You say “model” and you think to a diet. Raw carrots, no oil, no fats, don’t even mention the sugar. Shortly, an endless sadness. Those who walk the catwalk don’t move a step in the […]

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Christine Teigen, Doutzen Kroes, Eating disorder, Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, food, Health, Jourdan Dunn, Robyn Lawley, Sessilee Lopez

Robyn Lawley : Natural Beauty

March 9, 2013 by The CoF

Cosmopolitan australia november 2012 issue : Robyn Lawley – model Steven Chee – photographer Nicole Adolphe – styling

Categories: The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Eating disorder, Health, Nicole Adolphe, Robyn Lawley, Steven Chee

Kate Upton On Being A Role Model

February 4, 2013 by The CoF

Lately we saw Vogue the italian,british,french and american editions embracing the curves of Kate Upton! Here at The CoF I try to promote a healthy vision of fashion by showing that beautiful doesn’t have nothing to do with being thin, in The CoF Against Pro-Anorexia!Here is an article from the British Vogue where Kate Upton is talking about the weight issue: “KATE UPTON has been hailed as a “real” woman and a role model for today’s young girls, but rather than feeling […]

Categories: The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, Fashion, Health, Kate Upton, Models, Vogue

For.Me Elena Mirò Spring/Summer 2013 Campaign

January 29, 2013 by The CoF

Born a year ago and already a cult among the Italian curvy,the curvy brand chooses to tell a story of passion and surrealist where the protagonist Lauren McKenzie is an exaltation of femininity in all its forms.Once again being glamourous and sexy is about attitude not weight!!! Thumbs up Elena Miro!

Categories: Fashion, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, curvy, elena miro, for.me, Lauren McKenzie, Women

‘Manorexia’ Debate

January 24, 2013 by The CoF

The fashion industry has been accused of promoting “manorexia” after an array of shockingly thin male models were sent down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week. Designer YSL was criticised on the blogosphere for “woefully irresponsible model casting” as a photo of an emaciated model prompted a barrage of responses on social media. Many criticised the designer’s use of the super-skinny model, saying it could encourage male anorexia and irresponsibly promoted an unhealthy body image, but some disturbing ‘pro-ana’ responders […]

Categories: The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Australia, Body image, Eating disorder, Fashion, manorexia, Model (person), Paris Fashion Week

I Am Addicted To Beauty But Beauty Is Personal,No?

December 16, 2012 by The CoF

The Supermodel Gemma Ward I found the blog of this amazingly beautiful girl who see herself as…. fat.She is a skinny beautiful girl that is a victim of the media.Of the world we live in.Here is something she is writing about herself: “I am worthless. I keep on gaining weight. Hating myself. My thighs are touching. I get panic attacks from wearing pants. They are too tight, I am too fat. They used to be too big, I can’t […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, People • Tags: Body image, Bulimia, Bulimia nervosa, Eating, Eating disorder, Health, Mental health, Self-esteem