After launching her career as a high-fashion model, Crystal Renn fought anorexia while trying to fit the stick-thin prototype of her runway counterparts. After the eating disorder seriously threatened her health, she took some time off from modeling to beat the disease. Crystal came back a few years later as a full-figured gal, crushing the stigma that you must be tiny to be beautiful.
She graced the cover of Glamour in a swimsuit just last year and even walked the runway for Chanel at a curvy size 12, looking gorgeous and healthy on both occasions. Recently, though, she’s dropped a little weight. Analysts are estimating she’s about a size 8 right now. And apparently people like CBS News are asking, “Is Crystal becoming too thin again?”
This weight debate in the fashion industry has been raging for a very long time, and everywhere I look, the problem seems to be blowing up. Victoria’s Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes has spoken out about her size 6 curves, telling mags that she is proud to represent “the woman.” Last year, Brit actress Gemma Arterton called herself “too fat for fashion” in Glamour. Size 4 model Coco Rocha once even dubbed herself “unbookable” for runway shows.
Actress Sophia Bush called Urban Outfitters out on her blog for selling a shirt with the label “Eat Less” scrolled across the front. She criticized them for carelessly supporting eating disorders. Soon, UO pulled the tees from shelves.
Then there’s size-4 Lara Stone, a relatively fresh face in the industry to hit it big as a “supermodel.” Want to know what she told Vogue? “They say ‘curvy,’ but you know they mean fat,” the model proclaimed in regard to her weight. Yes, even Lara Stone feels fat. Is there any hope for the rest of us?
I think it’s rather ridiculous that the industry elite make actresses feel “too fat for fashion,” supermodels feel overweight and the rest of us feel like runway designs and trends weren’t made for the every woman. You absolutely should not have to be a certain size to wear a certain style of clothing. The overemphasis on the number on the scale needs to stop. It’s fine to want to be fit, but every body is different.
The fashion industry needs to stop worrying so much about weight and start worrying more about health. Don’t worry about Crystal Renn. For her height, at a size 8, the girl’s a perfect size. And that’s what truly matters. Whether you’re a 4 or 14, as long as you’re happy and healthy, keep doing what you’re doing. And I mean that in regard to you… and supermodels, too.
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Yey! Thank you for writing this. Now if the fashion gurus would just acquire some common sense. I am shocked that Doutzen gets jobs at a size 6 these days…even though, back in the 80′s ALL the supermodels were the size Crystal is now. Anyone who could look at Crystal and think she is obese needs their head examined.
And the fact that if you have to shop in plus size stores for your clothing, you are too big to model the very same clothing…don’t even get me started.