I have really started to come to an understanding with the world’s modelling industry. To put it plan and simple you can be the most attractive person in the world but if your under 5foot 8 your screwed!
We always talk about how we should not discriminate against anyone due to physical appearance but this industry seems to get away with it year after year.
Why are there no short people modelling agents out there? why are shorter people not featured on runways and in magazines? There is no real answer you can give that would make me think any different. It’s discrimination plan and simple.
You can be a skinny as a rail and as hot as the Bahamas but if your 5′4′ to bad no one will hire you to model for them.
Even the plus size modelling puts a label on how you “need” to look a certain way to work for them.
They say it’s OK to be fat and a size 14, but you better darn well be 5′9′ or else your not worthy.
I had an experience once at a plus size store where I looked up and saw this beautiful women wearing a cropped top and low-rise jeans exposing her flat tummy.
I said to the lady; “Why is that hanging in here? That women is far from fat!” The lady began to tell me that it was because the model in the photo was a size 14 but she was also 5′10.
As I tried on the pair of jeans the lovely model had been wearing in the ad I noticed something, the legs went on forever! And I was going to have no choice but to hem them up if I decided to buy them.
Looking at the price tag I was none to impressed when I saw it bulging out at a whopping $95, Again I approached the sales lady and asked why these jeans would cost so much when I could head across the street and get a pair almost the same for half the price, Sure they may fit a little different but us women always believe we can stretch them out.
The sales lady proceeded to tell me it was because they use “more” material to create these jeans there for they needed to mark up the price to cover those costs.
My comment to her “Well why don’t we just cut the legs off where I am gonna have to hem these up because they were made for a women who is 5 foot 9 I will give you back that material and you can chop off $40 from the price?”
She found my comment amusing to say the least, but sadly I got no deal and found a pair on sale got them instead and went home to hem them up.
I think the modelling industry needs to realize that not everyone in this world can be nice and tall and that clothing should be made for everyone, and by that I mean I should never have to worry about getting that awesome pair of jeans and fear I am going to have to cut off the cool bottoms because I am too short to fit into them.
I really I am not all that short, I have friends who are shorter I am 5 foot 4 and almost every store I shop in for pants I have to adjust the legs to some degree or another.
There needs to be a modelling industry for people who are under 5 foot 7! Would you not agree my fellow shorties?
