Have you ever wondered why the modelling industry used padding tricks to make their skinny models look fat? Can it be because it’s cheaper than employing actual plus-sized women to model?
Well, this trend has finally come to rest, thanks to the rising popularity of using full-bodied women to showcase the so-called oversized clothing.
Plus-size models were rare. Only a few had the confidence to strut the runway. But it’s a different story today. Plus-sized women now showcase large-size apparel.
How the Tricks Work
It is called “modelling tricks” where thin and ‘scurvaceous’ models wear fat suits or bosom/bust and bottom paddings. These are so real-looking, a size 10US woman will look size 16US. Turning a woman four sizes up takes only minutes with model padding tricks.
Now, Fake-Fat Padding Tricks is Pointless
Good news. After all, it’s hard to believe there are no full-figured curvy women who can fill in those parts. Another great thing is that plus-size clothing designers and retailers now realise the pointlessness of thin women wearing padding and fat-suits to showcase their goods.
Women come in all shapes and sizes, and you need the right representation for each. Now, skinny models model svelte clothes, and plus-size models showcase clothes for the big-sized woman.
Good News for the Plus-Size Modelling Industry
The good news is that there has been a rapid drive towards regularising the appearance of models in fashion showcasing.
The time is here for realistic fashion campaigns. They must eliminate fat-suit padding and fake air-brushed effects. Just like we now see in current fashion magazines, padding tricks should be unacceptable methods in the modelling industry.