Fiercely, really beautiful

Femininity is today's focus. But let's innovate. Let's talk about the fiercely real women. Curvy women. 

   "No one wants to see curvy women in fashion" according to Karl Lagerfeld. "You’ve got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting front of the television and saying thin models are ugly" he explained to a german magazine not so long ago.  And he doesn't stop there, he then says about singer Adele that she is "a little too fat but has beatufiful face and a divine voice" 

Karl Lagerfeld

   This got him to be heavily criticised. But isn't he just saying what everybody is thinking ? Nowadays,  a pretty woman is supposed to be slim if not skinny. If we agree or not doesn't matter, the standards were set a long time ago, and it is not the point. Of course, thin women are pretty. Of course they have dreamlike bodies. Saying otherwise would be a lie. 

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   But I still wonder, why should we all fit into this image ? M. Lagerfeld is aware of his influence in the fashion industry. And he knows very well the influence of this industry on standards and young girl's minds. I don't deny the right of speech. I just want to point my finger at what kind of role model he is being. 

Karl Lagerfeld fashion show, Spring on Elle's website, a very skinny model

   I praise difference. A woman is beautiful whenever she feels beautiful. Very little is needed for a woman to exude an aura that won't leave anyone indifferent.  Even if she's not a size zero. Even if she has love handles. Girls, feel pretty, you'll be pretty !

  Standards are subject to time, they evolve. People's mindset changes throughout the eras. If you don't believe me, maybe Titian will convince you ? I mean, he is way more qualified in terms of esthetic. Look at his Urban Venus, one of his most beautiful paintings. Yeah, right there, look at her belly. But he still calls her Venus. And she still looks sensual. And she still is beautiful. Why would it be true centuries ago and not anymore today ?

Urban Venus, Titian

  Fashion is definitely the place where you can bring back old stuff into fashion. Everybody had gotten rid of their flares and now they are back into fashion. Everybody had forgotten the flashy colors of the 90's? Now we can't do without them this summer. If fashion shows the way, it should also create new standards. Standards that enables everyone of us to be themselves without having to starve to be accepted.

  Some women already opened the way. You just have to look at them to see that it works. I call Tara Lynn, a famous plus size model, and our lively Marianne James. These two women probably have nothing in common except their self-confidence. They are proud of their curves. It has become their strength so much so that they do nude photo shoots.

Marianne James on the first photo, Tara Lynn on the second one

   These very photos represent femininity, or one of its facet. When we try to fit so much, we loose our originality. So let's stop this. We aren't all curvy. We aren't all thin. But that shouldn't stop us from being ourselves and accepting our differences. 

Tara Lynn, plus size model

   If Karl Lagerfeld felt like he had to loose weight in order to feel better, we don't all have to do that. Generalizing is never a good thing. Thin girls, blond girls, curvy girls, whites girls, red-hair girls, black girls, it doesn't matter. What is important is being ourselves and accepting ourselves.

I repeat, a woman is beautiful when she feels that way. I mean it.

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