What makes the “ideal body of a woman”? In this video, I’m doing a deep dive into the duality of curvy body types, how the fashion industry shapes “the ideal woman”, the resurgence of skinny body trends, and how men’s fashion fits into all of this. If one body type is the be-all-end-all of fashion, does anyone actually win in this rat race? Join me as I analyze the "curse of curvy" and the impossible standards placed on women’s bodies.
chapters
0:00 - intro
0:08 - the concept
2:55 - film & fashion
8:08 - from girlhood to womanhood
14:18 - the ideal body type
19:42 - the non-ideal woman
24:23 - body image
26:59 - men's fashion
29:18 - conclusion
30:43 - visual experiment
sources:
-Patrik Aspers and Frédéric Godart - Sociology of Fashion: Order and Change (2013)
-Denise M. Janssen and Leonard J. Paas - Moderately thin advertising models are optimal, most of the time: Moderating the quadratic effect of model body size on ad attitude by fashion leadership (2014)
-Lily Lin and Brent McFerran: The (Ironic) Dove Effect: Use of Acceptance Cues for Larger Body Types Increases Unhealthy Behaviors (2016)
-Crystal N. Money: Do the Clothes Make the (Fat) Woman: The Good and Bad of the Plus-Sized Clothing Industry (2017)
-Alina Ilief-Martinescu: Firm but Shapely, Fit but Sexy, Strong but Thin (2016)
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