In order to carry out my research in a timely matter I have explored various hashtags such as one in Ashley Graham’s Instagram Bio called #beautybeyondsize. Through this hashtag women are encouraged to show off their bodies through fashion that normally would not be seen in the typical fashion magazine. This hashtag is embracing, celebrating and exploring all types of body types and showing the world that one size does not define beauty. While I have stayed relying on the same sources I am still attempting to see if I can find any video sources that I think could enhance my research topic. Such as video interviews from people such as Ashley Graham or even other models who see the error in the fashion industries body diversity.
Continuing from my last post I will stay with the idea of introducing what it is that the fashion industry considers to be a “perfect body” and who in modern and past times represented this. For this section I will speak about how Twiggy and Kate Moss were the it models of the 60s and 90s and why. In addition to this I will reference an image from the Today Show that shows what is the ideal body type for men and women versus the actual body type of average American.
Following my introduction I will speak begin to speak about my main purpose of the paper, How plus size men or women (or people without the “ideal” body type”) are represented and served in fashion marketing, retail and image making (Such as in editorials and on the runway). Throughout the paper I will speak about iconic models such as Twiggy and Kate Moss and speak about how they represented the body type that everyone women wanted and craved I will also speak about iconic plus size models such as Ashley Graham and Emme and speak about how they have shaped the current state we are in the fashion industry. I think in this section I will bring up interviews by either plus size model that I can find. In addition to this I will speak about various fashion brands that have tried to go against the “ideal” body type and market themselves towards all body types. Such brands include, Universal Standard, Chromat, Aerie ect. I will also mention brands such as Victoria Secret who chose to represent only one body type. Following this I will speak about photographers who have chosen to only shoot one body type – such as Corinne Day, Guy Bourdin and Terry Richardson. Overall, I want my paper to speak about the overarching idea of what is plus size, what is the ideal size, and who determines it.
