{"id":15831,"date":"2022-05-26T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dress-ecode.com\/?p=15831"},"modified":"2022-05-26T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:48:06","slug":"plus-size-fake-models-inclusivity-washing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dress-ecode.com\/en\/plus-size-fake-models-inclusivity-washing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake plus-size models: inclusivity washing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The fake plus-size models, hired by brands to communicate how accessible clothes are to those with more abundant shapes, are an example of inclusivity washing. It is showing initiatives of inclusivity without a real strategy that seriously involves minorities, which effectively nullifies any differentiation in the face of diversity and which addresses the public avoiding any discrimination.<\/p>\n

Norwegian model Karoline Bj\u00f8rnelykke brought to light the case of fake plus-size models in fashion campaigns, telling in a video on Tik Tok:<\/p>\n

I’m a plus-size model. Which means that I sometimes work for plus size brands. These brands typically carry size XL-5XL. If you have eyes, you can see that I’m not the size. So how do we fix this? Well, I have to bring something called padding work, which basically is fat suits. In pieces. Do you just stuff it? Like this, which makes you look a lot bigger, and if that isn’t enough, you just pin everything in the back. So if the close looks really good from the front, it probably looks like **** from the back. It’s because they want the neck and the face to look really slim and sharp, which doesn’t just create unrealistic standards, but impossible<\/strong> ones. You know, my suggestion is just use real plus size women because there are so many gorgeous women out there. And I have one more wish: can a plus-brand please for once not make something that’s horrific?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A pair of flesh-colored buttocks, chest and thighs, along with a spandex belt: it’s the fat pad kit for mid-size models<\/strong>. In a shoot where you are required to wear dozens of dresses, it is the easiest way to make clothes fit snugly, just like clothespins hidden from view and used to enhance the fit of garments in high fashion editorials.<\/p>\n

There are many stories of women working as plus-size models using padding. These shots from Refinery29 show the difference between “with” and “without”:<\/p>\n