Comments on: Why the end of size zero is just a big fat lie

By: Met Mum

Met Mum — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:38:02 +0000

Hi Mick. Thanks for your comment. It’s always good to get a bit of diversity here, i.e. the male perspective. It’s even better that your views are far from the norm. Plus, the numbers you state are completely made up and just plain wrong. Go check the National Statistics website.

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:53:21 +0000

The last picture look bad and it is because the women’s body is not attractive & a bit chubby. Skinny models are so sexy and men’s ideal shape for a women. Skinny supermodels are feminine perfection. Girls should look up to skinny models since 9 out of 10 women are at least 20-50 pound overweight.

By: Mwa

Mwa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:16:02 +0000

Hear hear to all of that!

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:28:21 +0000

The whole thing makes my blood boil, boil, boil.

Karl you lost lots of weight- well done- now you are like one of those ex smoker bores (I don’t smoke but you know the ones who go on about how much they hate smoke while looking longingly outside).

Also you are a genius but you look very silly in those trousers with that hair.

Men of different shapes and sizes are allowed to be beautiful- rugby players, indie boys, boxers, all different shapes all allowed to be attractive. That doesn’t happen with women- why?

By: Shokoofeh

Shokoofeh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:42:07 +0000

Really interesting to read. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Margaritat

Margaritat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:41:45 +0000

This was a very good blog post. I agree with everything you say whole heartedly.

When Karl came out with that statement, I was shocked. There was also the recent model that got fired because she was too fat. She looked like she was 5’10″ and 110 pounds. But she had a baby and perhaps her hips grew an inch. And she was fired for it.

Ridiculous.

The fashion world is full of hypocrites, delusional designers and starving girls.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:12:36 +0000

It breaks my heart when my daughter sees images of these women. She is two. By the time I was five I hated myself and wanted to be thin and beautiful.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:19:36 +0000

Its worth having a shufty at the photoshop disasters blog- http://www.photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/ because they often highlight the ludicrous touching up that goes on in photos (the recent ralph lauren fiasco being most notable). Most of these superskinny waifs don’t exist outside of a computer programme as it is.

I was chatting to my doctor about losing weight recently and she told me to ignore all the charts etc, look in the mirror, and see what wobbled excessively. Wise words methinks.

By: Island Mum of 2 (or 3 if you count their Dad)

Island Mum of 2 (or 3 if you count their Dad) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:59:09 +0000

What a fantastic post Met Mum. I’m with you on every sentence. Bravo! Great message, beautifully written.

In this increasingly cosmetic world, I think we all need to have the courage to be the shape we were born to be. And that doesn’t mean pigging out and letting oneself ‘go’ but it does mean that it’s ok to eat three meals a day and have enough flesh on your bones to move without snapping!

By: TheMadHouse

TheMadHouse — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000

Fab post, here, here. I totally agree with you. The last image shows a lovley girl, but terrible clothes. Why do we let designers who are mostly men dictate to us how we shoulf look.