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

OP never said she wasn’t.

Sorry OP, that model is a beautiful woman.

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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 am all for inclusive models, but I agree they should at least attempt to flatter them. As a size 14, I often look at items on the larger model and then pass. If they can’t look good when they have photo retouching, stylist on set, professional posing, etc. it will look terrible on a “normal” person.

Anonymous wrote:This lady? She looks fine. She's older, and I don't think we're used to seeing halters on grandma, but I think she could pull it off if she wanted to.

Wow, she has a way hotter bod than me and I'm 37.

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1. The older model looks stunning.

2. The younger model does not, which is fine, since the goal is to portray real people.

3. The clothes are absolutely God-awful and all the models deserve better!

+100, this is the real culprit. The lighting is also terrible, as other posters mentioned

Anonymous wrote:she looks about 75 based on how her skin drapes on her body and she looks amazing! i can only hope...

I'd like the name of her face doctor. If you took just her face and added a youthful head of hair/style/color, she could pass for 50s. But arms, hands and neck here tell the truth. Still, may I age so gracefully.

1. The older model looks stunning.

2. The younger model does not, which is fine, since the goal is to portray real people.

3. The clothes are absolutely God-awful and all the models deserve better!

she looks about 75 based on how her skin drapes on her body and she looks amazing! i can only hope...

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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.

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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.

I mean... skinny= aged face. She has a lot of facial lines but her bod is great. The pulled back hair is harsh on her- it looks good down. I don't know that an updo will in any way make her look youthful.

What makes ME cringe is seeing overweight models who aren’t properly situated to look good! Give them good lighting, a little air brushing, tousled perfect hair.

Lands End tends to do a good job with this. Including bathing suits, a tough sell even if you have a typically “perfect” body. When I buy this outfit, I’ll picture myself just that pulled together.

Maybe what I don’t like about the Athleta photos is that they seem to be emphasizing her older looking mottled skin, including by bathing her in a blue (?) light.

J Crew gets the older model stuff right sometimes: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F8f%2Fb2%2F16%2F8fb21605441d40101484e3d29f9f2d5f.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F146155950380978129%2F&tbnid=h1_wITog1tqahM&vet=12ahUKEwivlNT73rf3AhXrM1kFHa5SCFQQMygLegUIARDFAQ..i&docid=nZ6OHyl7n-OkGM&w=500&h=650&q=older%20women%20models&hl=en-us&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwivlNT73rf3AhXrM1kFHa5SCFQQMygLegUIARDFAQ

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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...

+1

Which make you cringe? Genuinely curious. I disliked the shaved head + tattooed model. Always looked so insolent.

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...

+1