Do people really believe models are skinny and boyish because the fashion industry is dominated by gay men?

Question

I swear, I LOL every time someone says that. It's not cuz they like looking at boyish figures, it's not some conspiracy to make normal women think they are fat.

Tall, thin, straight frames just display the clothes better. Think of them as a walking clothes hanger. They are displaying the clothes, not the model. They don't want large breasts or excessive curves to change the line and form of the clothes. It's just more practical.

Is that saying something just say to get a laugh or do they really believe it?

Designers prefer thin models because they say that's how the clothes look best. Runway models are taught to think of themselves as walking hangers, so it's the clothes that get noticed, not the bodies.

-Tom Julian, strategic director for trends at McCann-Erickson, a New York-based advertising agency.

There are valid reasons many designers prefer their runway models tall and pencil-thin. Fashion is partly about fantasy and transporting spectators to a place away from the ordinary. Models who are taller and more physically striking serve as human coat hangers that allow the garments on them to be the focal point.

Beyond that, photos and film (not to mention layers of clothing) visually add weight to a person. Pictures and video tend to make a thinner woman appear ordinary in size and an ordinary-size woman appear heavy.
From: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06275/726...

I posted this once and everyone thought it was just some crazy theory I came up with, I guess people really did believe that saying

you're an idiot, straightman

yes, I know no one like skinny girls =(

I'm not a model btw, I'm very thin, but only 5'5.

Answer 1

You pose an informative and myth-clarifying question.

But I believe no clothes look good when they're draped on the frame of a corpse.

The abnormally thin women wearing those clothes distract me from the clothes altogether. Designers should keep thinking. If they want clothes to look good, they should put them on healthy-looking people. Healthy is attractive.

Answer 2

I agree with your reasoning, but don't agree with the designers. On top of that, the clothing usually displayed is mostly ugly and ridiculous.

Answer 3

the fashion industry started doing that with women now they have moved to men they want everyone to quit eating and look like your starving but its not because of gay men if anything i would say the fashion indrusty started the gay men

Answer 4

Sounds like a good reason to me. I never found those skinny models attractive at all. I like a woman with some meat on her bones with some curves. That, to me, is sexy.

Answer 5

yes i believe so they want models to look like little boys instead of women.

Answer 6

I find it funny, why those men are gay, when they're surrounded by so many models.

Answer 7

Interesting, I never really looked at it in that way. You get a star.