sixtdaily
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^ I hope so as well. Here are some nice words of support from James Scully, who asks other CDs to keep booking Ulrikke to show support !
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Today I must commend and thank @ulrikkehoyer for her very brave, honest and outspoken account of her recent experience in Japan. Though this is unfortunately not unusual it's now the norm in the business . While this may be an isolated situation at LV, I think she speaks to the bigger picture of one of the problems this business faces. The normalization of behavior that treats models as just things, coat hangers with no feelings or emotions. Every model I have ever worked with has always heard me announce before a show "you are booked for who you are, not because you fit the clothes." Casting directors do not make clothes, those decisions come from above us. if a designer and their stylists asthetic is to make samples so unrealistically small that a cast is built around who fits (and this is rampant) this becomes a no win situation for models or because they are given unrealistic, unhealthy parameters they must maintain just to stay in the game for fear of being seen as disposable it also makes a casting directors job very difficult. And it's not sustainable anymore. And most models have and will experience in some way a situation similar to Ulrikke. She was courageous to speak out. I'm disappointed that Vuitton chose not to acknowledge I'm sure they thought this would be an isolated incident. With 44k likes and growing, 3000 comments hundreds of shares and coverage from @thecut @bof @wwd @modelsdot and more to come, this may pass but it's not going away. I think we are going to hear from more girls who have had these experiences elsewhere now, positively empowered by Ulrikke. There is strength in numbers and your stories should be heard. There's a crack in the armor and we need to break that open! Let's not lay blame let's use this as a lesson of support and show that we are better than this. come September I ask all casting directors and Stylists who see and share this post let's all support Ulrikke and book her for our shows and print and send a message to the industry and to every model afraid to speak that she did the right thing and moved us forward.
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