You wouldn’t believe why Ashley Graham was
crucified.
Fashion brands
refused to dress plus-sized model Ashley Graham for cover shoot.
Ashley Graham
has always been vocal about the fashion industry having to adapt their
standards when it comes to society’s perception of the ‘ideal model psyche’.
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She remains an
inspiration to women with fuller figures and embraces her own curves saying: ”I
felt free once I realized I was never going to fit the narrow mould that
society wanted me to fit in” yet once again she has come under fire for her
voluptuous form.
A photo posted by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@theashleygraham) on Nov 15, 2016 at 5:38pm PST
According to
British Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman, some designers refused to
dress Graham, who appears on the front cover of fashion holy grail magazine
simply because she did not meet the standard model size.
‘They were
enthusiastic about dressing a woman who is not a standard model, but sadly
there were other houses that flatly refused to lend us their clothes. It seems
strange to me that while the rest of the world is desperate for fashion to
embrace broader definitions of physical beauty, some of our most famous fashion
brands appear to be travelling in the opposite – and, in my opinion, unwise –
direction, said Shulman.
A photo posted by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@theashleygraham) on Nov 15, 2016 at 8:53am PST
In an era where millions of
people worship the Kardashian clan who is famous for their rear ends and curves
– how come women with fuller figures are still subjected to this kind of body
shaming?