Athleta’s older, white haired model

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

+1. Clothes look awful on the overweight models. I take one look and I don’t even want to consider those tights or the shirts. I’m not skinny either but just average.

I'm just average, but I far prefer using a variety of models and body types. It helps me see the item on a variety of bodies. I remember when I was a teen and compared myself to models in ads and constantly felt inferior. I'm so glad for brands that show a variety of body types, especially as a parent of two young children who will grow up seeing more variety in marketing than I did.

I'm 5'7" and size 8, so pretty average. I wish they'd use some "medium" sized models! Always size XS, Sm, or XL when they have "variety". What about us middle people?!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, that model is a beautiful woman.

She is and I like seeing her age spots on her skin and freckles and whatnot rather than being filtered out as it was in the woman from the Jcrew ad earlier who you could tell is filtered/edited quite a lot.

Makes me feel better and more confident in my own couple of age spots and freckes (early 40s and freckled and I have a couple age spots as well).

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You are not actually all for inclusive.

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That model is benefitting from excellent bone structure.
Lovely.

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She's very pretty. I think she looks great.

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She’s beautiful but side lighting is not a good look for anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

+1. Clothes look awful on the overweight models. I take one look and I don’t even want to consider those tights or the shirts. I’m not skinny either but just average.

I'm just average, but I far prefer using a variety of models and body types. It helps me see the item on a variety of bodies. I remember when I was a teen and compared myself to models in ads and constantly felt inferior. I'm so glad for brands that show a variety of body types, especially as a parent of two young children who will grow up seeing more variety in marketing than I did.

I'm 5'7" and size 8, so pretty average. I wish they'd use some "medium" sized models! Always size XS, Sm, or XL when they have "variety". What about us middle people?!

agree

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

Probably yes. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

Probably yes. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t.

I’m an average woman, 5’3, 110. When I see clothes on plus sizes models, I figure they are not for me and I don’t buy them.

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

Probably yes. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t.

I’m an average woman, 5’3, 110. When I see clothes on plus sizes models, I figure they are not for me and I don’t buy them.

That’s fine. The actual average woman in the US is a size 16, so there’s plenty of people buying those fatty fat fat clothes you think look terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, that model is a beautiful woman.

Plus 1

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No one said the model is not beautiful. I agree that the lighting and makeup are terrible. It’s like the “before” picture in a “before” and “after” makeover where they purposefully make an objectively pretty woman look plain.

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

Probably yes. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t.

I’m an average woman, 5’3, 110. When I see clothes on plus sizes models, I figure they are not for me and I don’t buy them.

That’s fine. The actual average woman in the US is a size 16, so there’s plenty of people buying those fatty fat fat clothes you think look terrible.

DP. I’m an overweight person, and, while I appreciate the effort to be inclusive, I agree that some companies don’t do it well. Some use plus-sized models that are well proportioned & attractive. Land’s End & Talbots do a good job, I think. I was looking at another brand today, and the only plus sized model was extremely large and had strange proportions. I’m ok with that, as a dose of reality, but it was that or size zero, with nothing in between. It was almost like the photographer & stylist were mad they had to include a plus sized person.

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Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

+1. Clothes look awful on the overweight models. I take one look and I don’t even want to consider those tights or the shirts. I’m not skinny either but just average.

I'm just average, but I far prefer using a variety of models and body types. It helps me see the item on a variety of bodies. I remember when I was a teen and compared myself to models in ads and constantly felt inferior. I'm so glad for brands that show a variety of body types, especially as a parent of two young children who will grow up seeing more variety in marketing than I did.

I'm 5'7" and size 8, so pretty average. I wish they'd use some "medium" sized models! Always size XS, Sm, or XL when they have "variety". What about us middle people?!

I completely agree. When target started with the enormous models I figured I was in the wrong department. It certainly doesn't help me decide what will look good on my 5'3" 125 lbs when all the models are either tall and lanky or 200+ lbs.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many of the Athleta models make me cringe and not even want to consider their clothing. I am all for "inclusive" but...

You’re all for inclusive but you’re actually not?

I like being able to see what clothes will look like on a body like mine.

I don’t. The older woman is gorgeous, but companies are using very overweight women and the clothes look horrible! I guess it’s helpful to see in advance that the clothes will look crappy on fat people…but is it helping sales? Probably not.

+1. Clothes look awful on the overweight models. I take one look and I don’t even want to consider those tights or the shirts. I’m not skinny either but just average.

I'm just average, but I far prefer using a variety of models and body types. It helps me see the item on a variety of bodies. I remember when I was a teen and compared myself to models in ads and constantly felt inferior. I'm so glad for brands that show a variety of body types, especially as a parent of two young children who will grow up seeing more variety in marketing than I did.

I'm 5'7" and size 8, so pretty average. I wish they'd use some "medium" sized models! Always size XS, Sm, or XL when they have "variety". What about us middle people?!

I completely agree. When target started with the enormous models I figured I was in the wrong department. It certainly doesn't help me decide what will look good on my 5'3" 125 lbs when all the models are either tall and lanky or 200+ lbs.

Yes! Also I wish I could filter better on sizes or pictures. I’m 5”4 also and 140. Pretty average sized all around. They never seemed to show that because I’m not petite and I’m curvy so I’m not a clothes hanger of a person like some of these models, but I’m hardly plus sized.