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Why doesn't the industry portray life as it is instead of creating an image people seem to strive for?
Why doesn't the industry portray life as it is instead of creating an image people seem to strive for?
The industry continues to portray young beautiful models (mostly young white women)who have bodies and wear cloths that are unobtainable by most of their audience. How can we develop an attractive look that is obtainable?
All answers/questions are welcomed
Thank you!
peter lindsay 30+
greg dahlen 20+
Ordinary looking people get their day in the sun all the time, they have their photographs in the newspaper when they are involved in a news event.
edward long 100+
Michael Lively
Your point is well taken! I think its important to recognize that car dealers aren't starving themselves, or developing psychological issues in order to make a sale. I think this conversation should be as much for the models as well as the audience who buys into the look. Ultimately, the models suffer and their story is never heard. How can we have a collected effort to create images that wont take us away from the everyday life at the same time look good enough to sell?
edward long 100+
Barry Palmer 50+
reine des violettes
"You should be a model"... because I am 6 feet tall, naturally slim, with extended legs. (this is actually in part because I have Marfan Syndrome, although I never knew).
I knew I never would, nor wanted to. Sometimes I would try and explain, sometimes silent. I am very glad I didn't, especially in the early 70s or 80s. I think it can be quite a gruelling lifestyle. It is not necessarily an advantage to fit the 'model' image. One is prone to be projected upon, both male and female.
Colleen Steen 500+
We now have "plus" size models and cloths, and all models are not as skinny as "Twiggy", who started the "skinny" fad. We're beginning to see make-up manufactures producing different colors of make-up with many different textures, for different skin types. Are we beginning to see a tiny little change?
Michael Lively
Colleen Steen 500+
I believe awareness is the first step in changing anything. The fact that we are talking about these issues here on TED is a step forward in my perception. I believe we need to continue to empower people with confidence and security in themselves, so people are not so easily led by marketing. I believe if one is confident in oneself, we generally won't spend time and money trying to look like everyone else. We may be more content to "be" who and what we are:>) What do you think?
Kate Blake 50+
This is the only way forward Michael, to ensure people that being themselves, warts and all, is true beauty. Not the glossy magazine/model type beauty, but the natural, reality that each and everyone of us have. Being comfortable with who we are, how we look is attractive to others who would also like that confidence.
Colleen Steen 500+
Some folks, often young people, "strive for" the image that is presented as what we "should" be striving for, to be accepted, beautiful, successful....bla....bla....bla.
If the industry can convince enough people that they are "right", and we "should" all strive for this presented image, they kind of have people in the palm of their hands as far as manipulation.....do they not?
I believe that what needs to be stressed, is good physical and emotional health, including confidence and self esteem.
Barry Palmer 50+
When a society makes it illegal for people to walk down a public street without hiding their true appearance behind clothes, that society does not fully accept people as themselves. In a free society people should be free to be just themselves.
Most people never think about the nudity laws, but the more I think about them, the more insidious they seem. Not only do we not portray life as it is, we cannot live life looking as ourselves.
Kate Blake 50+
Michael Lively
Should there be regulations (imposed by government)? Or should the industry be responsible for the damages it creates and self regulate? We are all free to think and act as we chose, even if it hurts us. But should we be able to affect the judgement of others without penalty?