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Old Mar 01, 2013, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael D. View Post
Guilty.

However, I should clarify that I was only referring to fashion models who starve themselves by choice (assuming that they can find other careers if they wanted). Not only that, but the idea that the fashion industry tries to make this stick-thin figure the epitome of beauty.

Regarding older times in which the epitome of beauty involved larger hips and breasts, that's still considered more attractive to most men in modern times, and this has a lot to do with evolutionary psychology and health (read: ability to bear and raise children). Why the fashion industry insists otherwise is beyond me...
The fashion industry does not have to model itself after revolutionary psychology. Its goal is to sell cloothes. It is easier to demonstrate clothes on skinny models without breasts and hips. Breasts and hips otherwise get in the way. So the skinniness of fashion models is a functional requirement, just as the thinness of newer smartphones is a functional requirement. It has a rational purpose.