![]() Racism still exists in the fashion industry, but not openly. Nobody would dream of fat-shaming women in public anymore without getting a barrage of hate mail. Let me be clear: Heightism is the last remaining acceptable prejudice in the fashion industry. ![]() Not to denigrate the femininity of women who look like that - we’re all legit, regardless of body type - but I can’t help but think it’s actually a sign of misogyny to demand that women conform to these rigid and (for most of us) unrealistic standards. There’s a long-standing theory that fashion designers are designing clothes for more masculine-looking women: Tall, broad shoulders, small hips, small bust. What they’re really saying is, they think short is ugly, and they don’t want to design for short women because they’re prejudiced against them. If they are designing for tall women only, then of course only tall women will be able to pull off their designs. Even an industry “petite” model will be 5’7″ and up.ĭesigners argue that it’s because their designs ‘hang’ better on taller models. The runway has become more inclusive over the past number of years, featuring plus-sized models, disabled and differently-abled models, more models of different ethnic backgrounds, transgender models, senior citizen models… but the one thing they have in common is that they are all over 5’9″. As inclusivity has increasingly become trendy in the fashion world, we’ve seen designers look to diversify the models showing their clothes. ![]()
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