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Does Ageless Beauty Only Come in One Size and One Color?By Brainy Bird QuailBellMagazine.com  The high fashion world couldn't be more enamored of wunderkinds Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, especially with their recent model choices. Their Pre-Fall 2014 lookbook for The Row features older models, including a handsome 65-year-old woman--Linda Rodin, beauty entrepreneur. Her co-stars are Ursula Wallis and Esther de Jong, neither of whom would qualify as spring chickens, either. The twin designers champion age as an asset and gray hair perhaps one's best accessory. Bravo! But while it is true that such casting is a huge departure from the corporate norm, the downside is that these models are simply more mature versions of the standard catwalk gal, whose “willowy” is often really anorexic. What would truly be revolutionary is if the Olsen twins put the likes of The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty in their luxurious fabrics. Where are the women of color? Where are the plus-size women? What more than one 21st century consumer would appreciate seeing is a vision of beauty that is over age 50, non-white and a size 12 or larger. This is the Holy Trinity of apparently undesirable physical traits: signs of age, a dark complexion and meat on the bones. Thanks for trying, Mary-Kate and Ashley. It was a lovely effort. But please try again. #Fashion #OlsenTwins #TheRow #Age #Aging #Beauty #GoodLooks #RealBeauty #Vanity #WomenOfColor #FatShame CommentsComments are closed.
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