Slimness of Models is a Designer Issue

A recent  New York Times article said that model Coco Rocha is getting fewer jobs now than a few seasons ago because she’s “too fat” at 5′10″ an size four.   Please note that the Times article is actually from February 15, not February 16 as indicated in the video.
A similar article has also been published [...]

Bella Petite Magazine Announces Petite Model Search

Cynthia Cheng
Ann Lauren’s Bella Petite Magazine, a lifestyle and fashion publication which targets women 5′5″ or shorter is currently holding a petite model search for women under said height.  Yes, you read correctly.  Unlike the recent cycle of America’s Next Top Model, Bella Petite is looking for truly petite women.  There will be no “fake” [...]

Petite Pants on a Tall Model? Ummm…BAD IDEA!

Last week, Prospere Magazine asked whether you thought the use of a 5′10″ model for a pair of pants designed for someone much shorter was considered false advertising.  Out of all of those who participated, 20% thought it was false advertising, 60% didn’t know why the company would even consider using a tall model, 10% [...]

Prospere Magazine and Isobella Jade on the Bella Petite Hour!

Last week, Prospere Magazine and working petite model, Isobella Jade took part in the Bella Petite Hour, hosted by Bella Petite Magazine editor, Ann Lauren.  This weekly show where Ann talks to people ranging from designers who focus on petites to petite women who are in the public eye and more, brings to the public, petite-related issues.  Body [...]

Prospere Magazine to be on the Bella Petite Hour

Cynthia’s Thoughts will be back next week…
Prospere Magazine will be interviewed by Bella Petite founder, Ann Lauren on Tuesday, December 1 at 1 pm Eastern time on her radio show, The Bella Petite Hour.  Bella Petite is an online-only fashion/lifestyle and special interest magazine which especially targets petite women 5′5″ and shorter.  Its mission is to [...]

Gorgeous Dresses Auctioned for a Great Cause

Cynthia Cheng

The first dress auction Frocktail Party was held at the Burroughs Building on Queen and Bathurst on November 12, 2009.  Started by a group of friends who’ve known each other for years, the event, which consisted of a silent auction of dresses, supported the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).  The JDRF was created over 30 years ago to [...]

Fashion Week Day 4: Bold Colours, Alien Empresses and Soft Femininity

LG Fashion Week attendees were in for a treat this afternoon if they saw the Vibgyor (the name, pronounced veeb-gee-or, is a backwards acronym of the colours of the rainbow).  Based in Mumbai, India, Vibgyor is making its North American debut in Toronto. The collection, called “Juxtapose,” was “designed for the ‘poor-little-rich-girl’ with an obsession [...]

Pink Tartan Brings Grunge Back

Kimberly Newport-Mimran’s Spring/Summer 2010 was a little bit of a disappointment. Being one of the highest profiled designers participating in LG Fashion Week, audiences expected much, much more from Pink Tartan.  After all, the show was, as usual, packed.  However, it seems that the audience was transported back to circa 1992 with several of her pieces with [...]

LG Fashion Week Day 3: African Influences, Toronto, the Adriatic Sea and More

How can a spring/summer line be so colourless?  Just because it’s the recession doesn’t mean that clothing should be drab.  Of course, if you’re Paul Hardy, you do have a reason.  His S/S 2010 line, a collection done completely in white, was influenced by a trip he made to Uganada, where he would like to help [...]

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