This Set Made Me Feel Truly Seen As A

11 May

Photos by Korrin Dering. I’m no stranger to being the ‘just one’ in a room. It’s nostalgic— not preferred or cherished, but regrettably familiar. Akin to an old friend I don’t particularly want to see again, but we run in overlapping social circles and I’ve learned to play nice. Comparably more diverse, the modeling world feels just like the world I grew up in. An unwritten standard for appearance exists with little (albeit slowly growing) room for exceptions. After I first became a model, I used to be signed to my agency’s recent curve board. My agents were supportive and never expressed my size or racial background as being a barrier, but moderately something to have a good time. As I started...

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30 Mar

Why can we feel so entitled to know the

by Beauty Tips

Beauty, Featured

As society increasingly forces celebrities into confirming or denying surgical procedures, we query whether we’re any richer when granted the reality How over and over have you ever scrolled through your Instagram and felt insecure about your personal appearance? Or found yourself wondering why you don’t appear to be the peerlessly retouched, photoshopped or FaceTuned vision of ‘perfection’ beneath your thumb? Do you end up questioning whether the aforementioned thumb-stopper has had ‘work’ done? A botox injection to the brow? Or perhaps fillers of their cheeks, and their lips? And have they? Last yr it was reported that there had been a 300% increase in cosmetic procedures within the UK since 2002 –...

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25 Mar

Why will we feel so entitled to know the

by Beauty Tips

Beauty, Featured

As society increasingly forces celebrities into confirming or denying surgical procedures, we query whether we’re any richer when granted the reality How repeatedly have you ever scrolled through your Instagram and felt insecure about your personal appearance? Or found yourself wondering why you don’t appear to be the superbly retouched, photoshopped or FaceTuned vision of ‘perfection’ beneath your thumb? Do you end up questioning whether the aforementioned thumb-stopper has had ‘work’ done? A botox injection to the brow? Or perhaps fillers of their cheeks, and their lips? And have they? Last yr it was reported that there had been a 300% increase in cosmetic procedures within the UK since 2002 – so perhaps,...

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25 Feb

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

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Beauty, Featured

A recent survey of two,000 people carried out by OnePoll on behalf of the Fashion Retail Academy, sadly shows that the majority Brits never come to terms with their body image. 57 per cent admit they’ve never reached the purpose of body confidence and 29 per cent said don’t feel confident when searching for clothes. “Living within the digital age, wherein the airbrush is used somewhat too liberally, it is simple to see why people feel self-conscious about their body image. Consumers are being continuously bombarded with unrealistic images of the human form,” says Lee Lucas, principal and CEO of the Fashion Retail Academy. The outcomes also show that on average, men are more confident than women with their body image, nonetheless,...

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