Happy New Year!

It's been a while, but hey- it's the holidays.  Plus sometimes there's nothing too much to write about..

But I had to write when I saw the new pics of Crystal Renn for the Jimmy Choo campaign.

WOW!  Gorgeous!

Crystal Renn has single-handedly turned the fashion industry around and has them eating out of the palm of her hand, literally.  She is striking- her features are gorgeous and unique, and she can move!

I just hope that all of the other plus models out there aren't expecting the same...

This is such an interesting story of excellent publicity and a hard core, serious agent who knows how to market his client.  Crystal started out super skinny, then turned plus after gaining a bunch of weight- and then, as soon as she started to get recognized by the big designers, lost the weight again... so what does type of message does that send, really?

And she did it with such a hoopla!

Here she is on the Today Show, just HORRIFIED that this poor photographer would DARE to airbrush her to look thinner (also taking all of the good away from the campaign, which was actually supposed to benefit others) (full article here ):

So, umm.... doesn't she look the same size in the photos below?  Do you think she's complaining now?



Somehow, I don't think that we're going to see interviews with Crystal this time around... complaining about the airbrushing.
By the way, what is so WRONG about airbrushing???  Jeez- it's fashion, people- it's not real life.  Politicians sugar-coat the truth.  I've been airbrushed to look BIGGER- and I've been airbrushed to have no freckles.  I've been airbrushed to look thinner and I've been positioned at a shoot to look taller.  Who cares??

Anyhow I suppose the main point I have to make here is that this is one very intelligent woman with a great team behind her- and we can love her as a model, but let's not give so much attention to the airbrushing, or the weight, or the term "plus size."  And let's not crucify her when the rest of her campaigns come out and she's actually a size 6- because it's FASHION..it's THEATER!!  Enjoy it...