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Originally Posted by Jennifer 3FC
It's not fair to throw them all in a group and call them pointless. There are lots of pointless jobs in this world. Like the greeters at Wal-Mart. Telemarketers. Beauty Pageant contestants. Salesmen. Actors. Writers. Athletes. When you really think about it, how many jobs are really necessary in life? But seriously - before we bash models or anybody else, please consider that in the whole grand scheme of life, we all have our place.
Peace!
I agree, I think most runway models represent the fashion world and are important to people in that bubble. I think regular people really don't pay much attention, but if fashion is what you live and breathe then they have a purpose to you.
Talk about models always reminds of this: Years ago Lane Bryant did an window campaign that feature real women because that's what their customers were asking for. It failed miserably their sales went down drastically..turns out women didn't want to see real women after all. They went back to their 5'10 size 12 model and sales went back to normal. of course this is not the same as super skinny runway models. But like it or not we ARE influenced at the very least by the models we see in stores.