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23 Dec

The Telegraph sparks outrage over ‘obese’ Nike mannequins article

Last week Nike unveiled plus-size and para-sport mannequins at its London flagship store. The inclusive step was, quite rightly, widely celebrated and praised across social media and the press, who applauded the brand’s representation of various body shapes. “So vital to point out that woman of all sizes might be fit and healthy! We have now been completely brainwashed into pondering skinny = fit and curvy = unhealthy. That is awesome,” wrote one commenter on an Instagram post by Refinery29. “So needed! Especially within the energetic wear sphere it’s not only thin individuals who exercise,” wrote one other, while another person added, “This makes me so blissful, I'd have loved seeing such a mannequin once I was just a little girl.” Nevertheless,...
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1 Apr

PETA thinks the Schiaparelli outrage is silly, and it

Despite all of the offended web users and anti-fashion conspiracy theorists, the charity described Daniel Roseberry’s couture collection as ‘fabulously progressive’ When Dante Alighieri spoke of the tortured apparitions he encountered on his voyage through hell, he described witnessing the souls of heretics being entombed in flames, adulterers battered by the winds of lust, and the violent submerged in boiling blood. There have been nine circles in total but there must have been a tenth: dedicated to the form of folks that write things like “do higher”, “unfollowed”, and “it’s a no” underneath a fashion brand’s Instagram post. That is what happened after Daniel Roseberry showed his latest couture collection at Schiaparelli –...
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25 Jan

PETA thinks the Schiaparelli outrage is silly, and it

Despite all of the indignant web users and anti-fashion conspiracy theorists, the charity described Daniel Roseberry’s couture collection as ‘fabulously revolutionary’ When Dante Alighieri spoke of the tortured apparitions he encountered on his voyage through hell, he described witnessing the souls of heretics being entombed in flames, adulterers battered by the winds of lust, and the violent submerged in boiling blood. There have been nine circles in total but there must have been a tenth: dedicated to the form of folks that write things like “do higher”, “unfollowed”, and “it’s a no” underneath a fashion brand’s Instagram post. That is what happened after Daniel Roseberry showed his latest couture collection at Schiaparelli –...
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