Viva España!
Major retailers in Spain have decided to ban skinny mannequins in their stores. Eat some tapas, mannequins!
"[T]wo major changes, announced in January, are in the works: Stores run by four big names will start replacing window-display mannequins so that none is smaller than size 38 (size 6 in the U.S.). And designers will standardize women’s apparel so a given size will fit the same way no matter who sells it…. To get a better idea of the shapes of Spanish women’s bodies, the government is employing some heavy technology. Using laser-fitted booths that can take 130 measurements of a body in 30 seconds, the Health Ministry is fanning out across the country to assess the sizes of Spanish women."
Seriously, this sounds really cool. Especially the part about standardizing sizes—I think all of us, fat, thin, or in-between, can relate to that frustration.
Thanks to your friendly neighborhood anonymous commenter for the tip!
"[T]wo major changes, announced in January, are in the works: Stores run by four big names will start replacing window-display mannequins so that none is smaller than size 38 (size 6 in the U.S.). And designers will standardize women’s apparel so a given size will fit the same way no matter who sells it…. To get a better idea of the shapes of Spanish women’s bodies, the government is employing some heavy technology. Using laser-fitted booths that can take 130 measurements of a body in 30 seconds, the Health Ministry is fanning out across the country to assess the sizes of Spanish women."
Seriously, this sounds really cool. Especially the part about standardizing sizes—I think all of us, fat, thin, or in-between, can relate to that frustration.
Thanks to your friendly neighborhood anonymous commenter for the tip!
Labels: fashion, international
posted by mo pie at 11:05 AM
1 Comments:
The part of this whole thing I find truly fascinating is the issue of WHO is really leading the charge on this issue? The Spanish. THE SPANISH!!!! Not us. Not the Brits. The Spanish. The people who struggled under the yoke of Franco for ..like a lifetime. THEY are the ones who are the ones attacking this issue now. Dare I say the word, "feminista?????"
Woohoo --
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