Hey curvy girls all over the world,
So, Calvin Klein is in hot water this morning over a a lingerie ad featuring a plus size model who doesn’t look plus size. At the head of this controversy is model Myla Deblesio, a 27 year old size 10 model. Myla was featured in Calvin Klein’s new underwear line, perfectly fit imagery alongside top models like Jourdan Dunn and Amanda Wellsh. Clearly Myla is no where near their sizes but she’s not plus size either.
According to the Calvin Klein team, “the perfectly fit line was created to celebrate and cater to the needs of different women.” While the intention of the new line is great, the execution wasn’t. We live in a world where women do not take kindly to being labeled something that they’re not. The fashion industry makes it very clear that when you’re over a size 4 you’re basically a plus size woman to them. Ridiculous and insane, yes, however, it is true.
Myla is not the first size 8/10 model to be labeled plus size. Robin Lawley, who also is in that size 8/10 category has been labeled a plus size model when clearly, there isn’t anything plus about her. All this means to me is that its time for the fashion industry to change and for modeling agencies to start changing their size categories and start hiring real plus size models and raise their straight sizes category to include more than a size 4. Imagery is everything in today’s world and young girls are watching. I do think that there is a stigma whenever the term plus size is used because people automatically associate the term with the word Fat. Situations like this are also unfortunate because women who are in that inbetween size feel like they dont have a place where they belong. Myla herself has said, ‘I’m not skinny enough to be with the skinny girls and I’m not large enough to be with the large girls , and I haven’t been able to find my place,
I think Clavin Klein’s lingerie ad would have been better received it not only included Myla but if it even included a larger model to really show size diversity. Size diversity doesn’t end at a size 10. So, again, its time for the industry standards to be changed.
What did you think about the ad campaign? Share your your thoughts.
