The lowest healthy weight for a 5’10” woman with a small frame is 132. (Medium frame is 142.) Filippa Hamilton weights 120 pounds and was fired by Ralph Lauren for being too fat. She’s a size 4. How can that be “too fat? "They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," she said.
The average American woman is 5'4", weighs 140 lbs, and wears a size 14. You can’t do anything about height, but why would you glamorize a woman who is 10 to 20 pounds below a healthy weight? What’s wrong with the fashion industry?
I always thought the point of models was to sell clothes. Why not show those clothes on average bodies? And if the clothes you’re selling or designing don’t look good on average bodies … hm-m-m, maybe you should go back to the drawing board!
Want to know more?
http://www.examiner.com/x-14380-NY-Celebrity-Fitness-and-Health-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Ralph-Lauren-model-Filippa-Hamilton-Fired-for-being-fat
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_model_fired_for_being_too_fat.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/14/filippa-hamilton-ralph-la_n_320396.html
http://gothamist.com/2009/10/14/ralph_lauren_model.php
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