The world of fashion is giving way to inclusivity with more and more models of non-normative bodies, older and even with body hair. However, it seems that not everything is good practice in favor of inclusion in the world of fashion.
According to the Norwegian model Karoline Bjornelykke in a TikTok video, there are agencies that are hiring curvy or thin models, who range between size 40 and 46 for plus size clothing brands, that is, between sizes 48 and 56 or XL and up to 5XL.
"As you can see, I'm not that size," she explains in the video in which she shows her body. “So how do they solve the problem? Well, wearing padding to work, ”she says as she shows a bag full of padding like a bra and foam rubber that is placed all over the body.
The model details that if the suit does not fit her, she pins the garments behind her back. “So if the clothes look great from the front, chances are they will look really bad from the back,” she explains.
As she details in the video, this practice is carried out because "clothing brands want the neck and face to be seen thin and profiled." "This creates not only unrealistic beauty standards, but actually impossible ones," she adds.
Before finishing her TikTok, the model asks that brands use plus size models "because there are many beautiful plus size women out there."
Among the comments on the publication, which accumulates more than 108,000 reproductions and more than 2,800 shares, are those of other models who claim to have "the same fillers as her." There are also others who denounce the use of Photoshop on thin models "so that they look bigger in swimsuits, because they don't want cellulite, love handles, or see stretched suits, but still want the 'shape' of a woman of size big".
This article originally appeared on The HuffPost and has been updated.
