“One size fits all” as an unrealistic expectation for teens.
MEDIA AND BODY IMAGE Contents: Fashion is the way people express themselves and has been changing through the decades. For example, in the 1920’s people wore conservative clothing and casual chic was born thanks to Coco Chanel (Marie Claire). In the 1960’s a model by the name of Twiggy was brought to light. She was very Liz Jones, a famous editorthe forexpectations Marie Claire, of fashion thin and changed decidedmodels. to resignThe from a high profile position fashionthe models that had aof healthy body Research from University Wisconsin, due to disapproval ofnow the health of models in due to the rise weight were expected to be thin Madison the fashion industry. Jonesthat explains that in the “thin ideal” Twiggy contributed to. That Farrar’s article describes that models,was particularly runway models, werefor the “thin ideal”. when media started pushing has become getting “thin skinnier andmedia skinnier and she didfor not As theideal” fashion industry pushed thinner models, it more prevalent in the past view thisreflected as healthy. Liz Jones addressed after on viewers as well. When viewers started of yearsmodels and hasshe become coming couple to the conclusion that could no be aclothing “A rose can desirable never sunflower, and a seeing thinner wearing an issue for teen audience. longer be part of the fashion industry, “I had sunflower can never be rose. All and were looked up to, especially by teens, aviewers Fashion media presents the reachedwanted the point I had flowers arehad beautifulThis in their own way, to where look and be simply like the models. further through online access enough image of working in an industry that pretends and that’s like women too. I want influences the push for being thin. This change in the to that women must thin to be to support women while itbe bombards them with encourage women embrace their fashion world reflected onto viewers into such a beautiful. This concept causes a impossible images of perfection day after day, own uniqueness.” dramatic way that it changed viewers expectation of variety of among young undermining their self-confidence, their health beauty as issues well. -Miranda Kerr (Victoria’s Secret women who look up to The models and hard-earned cash”(Jones). rise of model) celebrities are shown skinnierand models thatfashion Lizthat Jones explained The world makes led sure that they are some form of mass media many ofon the models that she had worked seen. The models shown in fashionwith media have (Farrar). When display to compare themselves to others andonly resulted in perfection. unrealistic bodymodels images that support what is seen as desirable, it depletion of confidence and increased negative Viewers around the world desperately attempt to motivates toto want body image. manipulateconsumers their bodies looktolike the models purchase thetimes clothing like form of mental and which most endstoinbe some the perfect looking models. If afashion icons have or physical health issue. Some consumer wears thetheir clothing even resigned from positions because of and they do not look like the disagreements regarding ethics in the fashion model that had been seen industry. The rise of technology is parallel to the rise wearing the same of to online information of the issues due toitem access regarding the fashion industry, and specifically teens. The teenage years are all about finding yourself and most teens look to magazines and online media to try and identify themselves. Platforms such as Tumblr and Pinterest also display images of perfect bodies and quick workouts to help
How are companies affecting the expectations of teens?
Unrealistic body image
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History of fashion and History image of fashion and image The age of Coco Chanel and model Twiggy was a huge turning point in fashion expectations
Unrealistic body image Liz Jones resigns due to fashion ethic disapproval
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The statistics of fashion media linked with eating disorders
This article provides a lot of data from researchers of the University of Wisconsin, Madison who conducted studies
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Celebrity Influence about how people feel about their
bodies compared with how often they access fashion media. They found that the people who had accessed fashion media the most thought the most negatively of their bodies. This shows that there is a problem linked with viewers and fashion media. Why are viewers gaining low self-esteem from accessing fashion media sites? One main reason I found is that men and women had compared their bodies to the models in the media. Comparison is the thief of happiness and when the fashion industry projects their idea of beauty and a viewer’s appearance doesn’t match up, it makes them feel as though they must look that way to feel beautiful as well.
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“Looks aren’t everything, trust me I’m a model” This video describes Cameron Russell’s experiences as a model for 10 years. She explains that looks shouldn’t be what defines a person. Russell is a gorgeous model and introduces herself in heels and a fitted dress. She then decides to change into a more conservative outfit. She states that it is so interesting how she could change the perception of how the audience viewed of her within such a short period of time (Russell). She did this because she wanted to show how easily she was able to change the audience’s perception of her just by changing the way she appeared. When she changed into the more conservative outfit she explained that the
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