Business of Modeling: Thin Model fired from Louis Vuitton for being "bloated"

Yet again the fashion and modeling world has been buzzing about another situation of model-client relations that has gone viral.  Which is a good thing as it is creating more discussion about the dictatorial nature of the business, where the model is clearly at the bottom of the pecking order.

Danish model Ulrikke Hoyer blogged about being hired and then fired by fashion house Louis Vuitton for being “bloated”.  “I am aware that I’m a product,” Hoyer wrote. “I can separate that, but I have seen way too many girls who are [so] skinny that I don’t even understand how they even walk or talk. It’s so obvious that these girls are in desperate need of help.”

The fact that she spoke out took courage when being vocal about any perceived injustices in the business can blackball a model forever.  Kudos to Ulrikke Hoyer for standing up and having a voice.  Clearly she is thin and angular and could not have been so bloated as to alter her size completely, and to suggest otherwise is simply ignorant and an abuse of one’s position.  That she was told that she was not to eat during the run up to show is cruel and irresponsible – is it any wonder models get eating disorders when they are expected to starve to be unnaturally thin?

The disrespect for the model as a professional, not to mention simple common courtesy, highlights what is fundamentally wrong with the fashion and modeling industries.  By requiring their models to be unnaturally thin would suggest that the brand’s clientele wants to see ultra-thin models without any adult body features showing them how to look in the brand.  Well I beg to differ.  It’s patronizing and disrespectful to the clients every bit as much as it is to the models.

Props to Ulrikke for bravely having a voice and being heard.  "I’m still a human and I need to be treated right," Hoyer concluded. "I know by saying my story and speaking out I’m risking it all, but I don't care. Maybe this was my last job, then that’s it. I’m done with working for people that will treat me this way." 

Let’s hope Ulrikke doesn’t have to take one for the team and that she has started a dialogue that is so needed and important in the fashion and modeling business. 

                                                                            XOXO  Shelley

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Top New Lip Treatments for Kissable Lips

Sun, wind, and A/C can make our lips dry and parched and in need of a little TLC.  Fortunately there are new specialized products that target dryness, chapped or cracked lips and fine lines that can bring back your lips to kissable in no time. 

My picks for the top new lip treatment products:

GLAMGLOW POUTMUD Fizzy Lip Exfoliating & Wet Lip Balm Treatment Duo: the Fizzy Lip Exfoliating Treatment treats dry lips with can sugar, sea salt and fruit extracts, while the Wet Lip Balm Treatment hydrates with cocoa butter, and almond, tamanu and babassu oils. 

La Mer The Lip Balm:  this minty treatment is infused with La Mer’s Miracle Broth made up of sea kelp and minerals, and delivers hydration while forming a protective barrier on lips to prevent further dryness

Fresh Sugar Nourishing Lip Balm Advanced Therapy: this formula softens and protects lips with wild mango butter, plumps with hyaluronic acid, and diminishes fine lines with sea fennel extracts.

Dior Crème de Rose Smoothing Lip Plumping Lip Balm:  this rose-scented gentle treatment soothes, plumps and hydrates lips and protects with SPF 10.

Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil:  this lightweight lip treat smooths, plumps  and combats dryness with pure organic oils, while delivering high shine and a hint of color, available in seven delicious tints. 

All lip products available at Sephora.com. 

                                                               XOXO  Shelley

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Fashion Crush – Romantic Summer Dresses

Summer is simply a romantic season, with warm evenings, long walks, sunshine and starry nights, and maybe even a little bit of exotic travel.  This year’s most dreamy dresses are romantic in floaty fabrics, softer prints, less structured silhouettes, and sweet touches like ruffles, lace, and florals.  One of the key trends for summer is a higher neckline and a more modest look with long delicate sleeves on midi and maxi length dresses, but if bare shoulders appeal to you, you won’t be disappointed.  Don’t resist the urge to be soft and pretty, to let go of tight and constricting styles for summer, and to look like a love story heroine. Nothing could be fresher and sweeter.  Long live romance!

                                                              XOXO  Shelley         

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Jane Birkin – Style Crush

Born in England but with a French soul Jane Birkin has become a style legend. Her look has been so outside of fashion that it became its own fashion, a look that has been channeled by Kate Moss to fashion designers and brands, to bloggers like Alexa Chung.

Jane has never looked like she was trying to hard or that her look was “studied”.  It was just Jane being Jane, with her tomboy figure, fringed bangs, and laid-back style. It was as if this tall, willowy creature with the big eyes and long hair just threw on her jeans and at-shirt, a lick of mascara and she was off, creating a French style esthetic that hasn’t changed since then.  For Jane, bras and shoes were optional. 

 

Becoming Jane is as easy as wearing flared jeans, fitted t-shirts, white button down shirts, jean shorts, stripes, and midriff-baring crop tops.  There is no easier summer beauty look than Jane’s, and straight-haired tomboys need only a rosy blush, and mascara worn on both the top and bottom lashes to play up the wide-eyed look.

 

There is good reason Jane’s style and beauty endures to this day.  It is incredibly sexy and youthful for a woman to be natural, and to wear simple, classic things that make you notice her rather than her makeup or what she is wearing.  She doesn’t need any embellishment or to transform into something else.  French women to this day can thank Jane making simple jeans, t-shirts, men’s shirts, skinny necklaces, natural hair, and fresh-faced beauty with a dash of mascara the look that today is considered the epitome of French girl cool. 

                                                                 xoxo Shelley                      

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