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Originally Posted by Cola
But is that really the case? Are you talking about the ideal of crazy fashion people or of the rest of the population? Because I think the latter would rather idealize a Monica Bellucci instead of a high fashion model .. which is why I think the whole "people get mentally sick these days because the ideal is so sick" thing is just an easy explanation for a complicated issue. People feel comfortable when there are clear definitions of evil and good. (However, youth is definitely idealized, and the 14-year old models might be a result of exxaregating that)
And about the ideal of the fashion world .. well, models are objects, kind of, right? It's not about the model as a person (an Irina L or Agyness D or Kate M is an exception, the person cult around them moved them to celebrity status), it's about the model as a way of making clothes look cool - they look indifferent in that thousand dollar dress they drown in, it's no big deal to them whereas a normal person would go "oh gosh, I'm wearing Balenciaga! So exciting", which suggests all the old clichés about upper class - lofty and a bit jaded in the face of luxury.
(I feel like I wrote this 1000 times already)
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I'm not talking about the small moment of time that is now, but the trend that has been since the beginning of mankind when cavemen built and worshipped fertility deity statues. People have had a biological tendency to find fertile looking women attractive for thousands of years, which is why it's so strange that the modeling industry of today advocates for the exact opposite.
I don't think youth is idolized, just thinness. Thinness is more characteristic of youth perhaps, but protruding bones, gaunt faces, and being 6 feet tall, and the edginess Supreme tries to bring to their models definitely are not.