The majority of fashion designers come from art school backgrounds.

They see their work as pieces of art.

In the same way that a painter would prefer to display their canvas on a smooth white wall without lumps and bumps to distract from the work-
So a fashion designer would like their work shown on a body that does not spoil the line of the dress by being disproportionate in any way.

On a very slim figure the clothes hang beautifully from the shoulders and fall the line as intended by the designer during the design process as opposed to a line chosen by the individual curves of the wearer.

Model figures are ideal in that they are universally proportionate and standardized.

If I was to show on figures who are fuller in certain areas I feel that people would be distratced by the models large hips, breasts, fuller arms, generous thighs etc. and not give attention to the clothes.

I am also aware that people could be put off thinking that style is for the busty girl and that style for the girl with thighs.

Therefore I am going to continue to use standardized proportional models who fit into my samples without each one having to be critically altered to fit the nuances of the individual body. There is simply not time in a show setting between casting and the show itself to completely redo the whole collection for the variety of body types who may want to model them, there are just too many body types out there.

I design clothes that I do want to wear myself but I am designing them as artistic creations first and thinking about how I would wear them second. Very few people actually wear the looks exactly as they are shown on the catwalk, it is just a suggested context and people need to remember that.

Also I would just like to note that in the whole design department at my University there were about 120 or 130 women to a total of 3 gay men, one bisexual man and one straight man straight man all designing womenswear.
(spread over 3year levels of study and 4 disciplines)
In high fashion design studios yes there are high numbers of men who appear to hold high level jobs but within the studio I generally find they are outnumbered 4 (or more to) 1.

I see what looks like a starved slave, placed in an uncomfortable posture by her master, waiting for her next order. She does not dare to move, and it would be an effort to do so anyway, because she looks like she barely has the energy to walk, and is emotionally beaten down and listless. She may not have long to live.

I see no beauty in this photo, only abuse (even if it’s actually self-abuse.) “Fragile / brittle / appears terminally ill” evokes sadness and pity, it is not attractive. She is not “sleek and graceful”, “sleek” is a word that applies to toned muscle, and “graceful” is a word that applies to fluid movement or seeming to have the capability thereof. This woman has neither.

Body dysmorphic disorder is a real illness, and it kills.

The simple fact is that context is everything. The picture is now reposted in the context of bitching about it. So bitch away.