‘Not much has changed’: how fashion rules body image
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By Tilda Gladwell
From London to New York and Paris to Milan, Fashion Weeks are being held across the globe this February. But these events aren’t without their downsides, with eight in ten Britons believing the fashion industry has harmed their perceptions about appearance.
Despite the rise of the body positivity movement, championed by celebrities such as Ashley Graham, very little progress is being made within the fashion and modelling industries to increase size-inclusive representation.
The figures don’t lie
Vogue Business releases a bi-annual Body Inclusivity Report, which calculates the percentage of size-inclusive representation on womenswear catwalks across the world.
The report for Spring/Summer 2024 reveals that 95.2% of models at Fashion Week were straight-size (that’s a UK size 8 or lower), 3.8% were mid-size (UK 10-16) and 0.6% were plus-size (UK 18 or above).
‘If you look at runways, not much has changed,’ Ashley Graham tells Mail Online. ‘If you look at designers, so...
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