Recent Posts Tagged With 'feminism'

• Documentary Teaches Never Let Our Daughters Model

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 13:01 in business, feminism, media, documentary, models, modeling

  I just read about Picture Me, a new documentary exposing the secret darknesses of the modeling and photography world. A lowlight of the film's revelations, "'We had to go in one by one. The photographer said he wanted to see me without my shirt on. T...

• Quote: Average Height Is Now "Petite" to Designers?

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 12:00 in feminism, fashion, media, Jeans, quote, designing, petites, fashion for petites

  “My “petite” jeans I bought yesterday came with a tag that reads, “This collection offers perfect proportions for the petite. Rather than simply cropping the length, this garment has been rescaled and tailored to accomodate [sic] the woman...

• CFDA Awards Photoshoot Press Forgets the Women

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 09:00 in art, feminism, fashion, media, designers, designing, marc jacobs, jason wu

  In reading this article on WWD (a free one) about CFDA award nominees and their photoshoot, I went scrambling to ensure what seemed to be was not - that there were no female designer nominees. Indeed there are women nominees for this year/2008's awar...