How could Robyn Lawley be considered "plus size"???!!!

[Anonymous]

She may wear size 12 but she is 6' 2"! She looks like a normal healthy young woman. I guess the fashion industry just wants to insult the rest of us.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/19/ralph-lauren-hires-first-plus-size-model-robyn-lawley.html

[Anonymous]

She is beautiful but she is plus size. I could not see her wearing an xs or s top at all. Also, the majority of models are not above 6ft.

[Anonymous]

I agree. It's insane. She's gorgeous and thin (in my book) and her body is just as unattainable looking as any other models.

BTW, what does that make "normal" models, minus-size?

[Anonymous]

She looks thin to me. At 6'2", she will never be a size 0 because her skeleton alone is too big. The fashion industry is headed by gay men who have no earthly clue about what is normal for women. They have a desire to cast women in a hyper-feminine and super skinny image. Insane.

[Anonymous]

She's plus size for a model, not a normal person.

By the way, height doesn't affect size the way you think. Plenty of tall women are still size 6 shirts or skirts. Pants are different because of length. Being tall only changes your size if you are wide, either you skeleton or from weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's plus size for a model, not a normal person.

Ditto. I think size 12 is average for plus size models. IRL, I don't consider size 12 plus. Heck, I don't hink plus sized stores (like Lane Bryant) even carry size 12 - they start at size 14.

[Anonymous]

She's plus size for a model, not a normal person.

This.

[Anonymous]

She's plus sized for a model. So what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is beautiful but she is plus size. I could not see her wearing an xs or s top at all. Also, the majority of models are not above 6ft.

May I roll my eyes at you? The definition of "plus size" is not "only fits into sizes M and above." That is a seriously skewed take on the world.

[Anonymous]

She is beautiful but she is plus size. I could not see her wearing an xs or s top at all. Also, the majority of models are not above 6ft.


May I roll my eyes at you? The definition of "plus size" is not "only fits into sizes M and above." That is a seriously skewed take on the world.

This must be the same poster who thinks that anyone not in the 1% is "middle class."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The fashion industry is headed by gay men who have no earthly clue about what is normal for women. They have a desire to cast women in a hyper-feminine and super skinny image. Insane.

Hyper-feminine women are not super skinny. They have hips. Most models look more like twinks than women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's plus size for a model, not a normal person.

By the way, height doesn't affect size the way you think. Plenty of tall women are still size 6 shirts or skirts. Pants are different because of length. Being tall only changes your size if you are wide, either you skeleton or from weight.

Not true.

I'm a "thin" 6ft woman and wear an 8 skirt. My BMI is borders underweight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's plus size for a model, not a normal person.

By the way, height doesn't affect size the way you think. Plenty of tall women are still size 6 shirts or skirts. Pants are different because of length. Being tall only changes your size if you are wide, either you skeleton or from weight.

Not true.

I'm a "thin" 6ft woman and wear an 8 skirt. My BMI is borders underweight.

I'd like to hear more about this. I am 6'' and don't consider myself thin at all, wear a 14. And people are always telling me, yah, but you would be a 10 if you were 6 inches shorter.

True?

[Anonymous]

I don't think she's thin but I generally think of plus sizes as being in the 18 and above range.

[Anonymous]

I imagine she's only a size 12 in designer sizes. At Ann Taylor or Gap, she probably wears a 6.