The 'Who Wants To Be Size 0 Anyway?' campaign want's YOUR answers to the crucial question!
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Saturday 27 September 2008
Paul Costelloe - The Right Example
As some of you who’ve read my catwalk report in the current issue of Inside Out on the Paul Costelloe Spring/ Summer 09 collection will know that I was at the show, but not how I came to be there!
The opening show of London Fashion Week was really my first proper research trip for the campaign and, I learnt a lot! I started the day (at a ridiculously early 4:29 am start I must add) with two aims in mind. First of all it was, hopefully to come away from the catwalk show with the proof that normal sized models could look fantastic on the runway too!
The designer Paul Costelloe is well known for his assertion that he doesn't use models below a size ten. I hoped to watch a fantastic catwalk show where all the models looked like poster girls for my campaign; and I wasn’t disappointed! The only way to describe my reaction to the show is that I was blown away. That, and how the hell can I make myself look like one of those runway models?!? THEY are what young women of today should be aspiring to. While about 20% of me was blown away by the show 80% of me was so pleased at my findings. The models were beautiful, but they looked healthy. They glowed in a way that no make-up artist of lighting tec. could create, their limbs looks tones and well formed, completely in proportion, more like yours or mind than shrink wrap draped over a structure of barbecue skewers.
I saw this as a success in both my research and in my campaign in general. Since the word go I’ve been telling my campaign that normal sized girls can both look fantastic as models and make the clothes look spectacular to boot but now I’ve seen the proof on the runway. Google the Paul Costelloe Spring/ Summer 09 show at London Fashion Week; thats what you should be aspiring too.
My second goal of the day coincides with the second feature of my morning in London; my interview with the international supermodel Erin O’Connor. Everyone’s been asking me about it! They seem shocked that I’m more interested in what Erin said than what it was like to interview someone so famous! (She was so nice! And tall! And pretty!!!!.... saves you asking see!) When I wrote and researched the questions I was going to ask her I designed them such that I would find out exactly how different people in the industry, in Erin’s opinion felt about the size zero debate and I was not disappointed!
But I came away with one important point, one that has stuck with me five very long, busy and tedious days later. Up until now the main focus of my campaign, and still is, to educate magazine editors, modeling agencies and designers as to how their placing or helping to place images of super skinny models in their shows, photo spreads and ad. campaigns is affecting women and girls across the country. But Erin made me think while she talked to me about her work with the Model Sanctuary, which she set up.
The Model Sanctuary is a place at London Fashion Week where models can take a time out, eat healthy food and drink, obtain health advice if they need it, and as Erin put it in our interview ‘turn up their iPods way too loud!’ Erin reminded me that models are people too, not just mannequins that take pretty pictures. I have been neglecting them far too much in my plans. I’m not just doing this for the people on the street anymore. I’m now also doing this for the models. Do they want to have to obtain size zero to find themselves paid work?
The opening show of London Fashion Week was really my first proper research trip for the campaign and, I learnt a lot! I started the day (at a ridiculously early 4:29 am start I must add) with two aims in mind. First of all it was, hopefully to come away from the catwalk show with the proof that normal sized models could look fantastic on the runway too!
The designer Paul Costelloe is well known for his assertion that he doesn't use models below a size ten. I hoped to watch a fantastic catwalk show where all the models looked like poster girls for my campaign; and I wasn’t disappointed! The only way to describe my reaction to the show is that I was blown away. That, and how the hell can I make myself look like one of those runway models?!? THEY are what young women of today should be aspiring to. While about 20% of me was blown away by the show 80% of me was so pleased at my findings. The models were beautiful, but they looked healthy. They glowed in a way that no make-up artist of lighting tec. could create, their limbs looks tones and well formed, completely in proportion, more like yours or mind than shrink wrap draped over a structure of barbecue skewers.
I saw this as a success in both my research and in my campaign in general. Since the word go I’ve been telling my campaign that normal sized girls can both look fantastic as models and make the clothes look spectacular to boot but now I’ve seen the proof on the runway. Google the Paul Costelloe Spring/ Summer 09 show at London Fashion Week; thats what you should be aspiring too.
My second goal of the day coincides with the second feature of my morning in London; my interview with the international supermodel Erin O’Connor. Everyone’s been asking me about it! They seem shocked that I’m more interested in what Erin said than what it was like to interview someone so famous! (She was so nice! And tall! And pretty!!!!.... saves you asking see!) When I wrote and researched the questions I was going to ask her I designed them such that I would find out exactly how different people in the industry, in Erin’s opinion felt about the size zero debate and I was not disappointed!
But I came away with one important point, one that has stuck with me five very long, busy and tedious days later. Up until now the main focus of my campaign, and still is, to educate magazine editors, modeling agencies and designers as to how their placing or helping to place images of super skinny models in their shows, photo spreads and ad. campaigns is affecting women and girls across the country. But Erin made me think while she talked to me about her work with the Model Sanctuary, which she set up.
The Model Sanctuary is a place at London Fashion Week where models can take a time out, eat healthy food and drink, obtain health advice if they need it, and as Erin put it in our interview ‘turn up their iPods way too loud!’ Erin reminded me that models are people too, not just mannequins that take pretty pictures. I have been neglecting them far too much in my plans. I’m not just doing this for the people on the street anymore. I’m now also doing this for the models. Do they want to have to obtain size zero to find themselves paid work?
BBC Slink Mention
The page has changed (apparently it does every day!) but whoop for the campaign for getting a mention in last weeks what BBC Slink Loves section! One of the guys over on the Inside Out Magazine Network (Steph) told me about it and thats how she found the page! Thanks for letting me know Steph!
How the casting went... and some ideas please!
Right, this is like my second blog entry and this time round I wanna ask you guys all something. What would you like to see in this documentary I'm planning on making? (see previous blog posts) I'd like all your input (leave me a comment, send me a message etc.) as I'm gonna get a chance to start filming soon! Stuff's been really hectic with the new term at school and stuff but its soon Sunday! And Sunday's my main campaign day!
I did the model casting before I went back to school too! I found some great girls but one really stuck out for me. This means that a) I may have found my first Inside Out girl! *Jumps up and down in excitement* and b) I'll be doing more casting days to ind the second so I'll keep you guys posted on what is happening with that too!
I did the model casting before I went back to school too! I found some great girls but one really stuck out for me. This means that a) I may have found my first Inside Out girl! *Jumps up and down in excitement* and b) I'll be doing more casting days to ind the second so I'll keep you guys posted on what is happening with that too!
Anti Size Zero on Mooky Chic.com!
Check out the article for this campaign on Mooky Chic.com!
http://www.mookychick.co.uk/opinion/riotgrrl/anti_size_zero.php
http://www.mookychick.co.uk/opinion/riotgrrl/anti_size_zero.php
Join The Cause!
You are my favorite person today. You've found my first blog post for my Anti Size 0 campaign I'm doing with Channel 4's Battlefront project! (http://battlefront.co.uk/campaigns/a...
This blog post is basically a little something to say hi to you guys, tell you a little bit about what I'm going to be getting up to to promote the cause and a little bit to tell you about how you can show your support too!
On Tuesday my best friend Kathryn and I are gonna be hanging round the little city of Canterbury (High street and Whitefriars for those of you who know the place) and we're gonna be hunting for models. We're looking for two girls, aged 15-19 to join our campaign. To be the 'faces' of it if you like! What better way to show the fashion industry we don't need size 0 models that showing that real girls can do the same job just as well, if not ten times better!
Also I'm gonna be making a 10 min. mini documentary (which will, once I've made it be viewable on the Anti Size Zero Bebo and Vimeo pages) which I hope to be able to show as many fashion designers, magazine editors, modeling agencies and as many powerful, people in the fashion industry as possible. Hopefully the film will show them what they are doing to woman across the country by casting size 0 models in their shows and in their photo shoots. After all what you see on the pages of the magazine is supposedly what your supposed to aspire to!
The anti size 0 campaign is on almost social network you can think of, so show us your love by joining us on any sites your a member of! We want to spread the word and help the change!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel...
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/anti_size_zero
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/anti_size_zero
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/anti_size_zero
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/antisizezero
Also if you go to my page on the official Battlefront website (http://www.battlefront.co.uk/campaig... you can embed the Battlefront badge onto any page that allows HTML to show your support!
Rachel
xoxo
This blog post is basically a little something to say hi to you guys, tell you a little bit about what I'm going to be getting up to to promote the cause and a little bit to tell you about how you can show your support too!
On Tuesday my best friend Kathryn and I are gonna be hanging round the little city of Canterbury (High street and Whitefriars for those of you who know the place) and we're gonna be hunting for models. We're looking for two girls, aged 15-19 to join our campaign. To be the 'faces' of it if you like! What better way to show the fashion industry we don't need size 0 models that showing that real girls can do the same job just as well, if not ten times better!
Also I'm gonna be making a 10 min. mini documentary (which will, once I've made it be viewable on the Anti Size Zero Bebo and Vimeo pages) which I hope to be able to show as many fashion designers, magazine editors, modeling agencies and as many powerful, people in the fashion industry as possible. Hopefully the film will show them what they are doing to woman across the country by casting size 0 models in their shows and in their photo shoots. After all what you see on the pages of the magazine is supposedly what your supposed to aspire to!
The anti size 0 campaign is on almost social network you can think of, so show us your love by joining us on any sites your a member of! We want to spread the word and help the change!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel...
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/anti_size_zero
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/anti_size_zero
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/anti_size_zero
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/antisizezero
Also if you go to my page on the official Battlefront website (http://www.battlefront.co.uk/campaig... you can embed the Battlefront badge onto any page that allows HTML to show your support!
Rachel
xoxo
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