I try my very best to only project body-positive attitudes in the presence of my daughter. Even when she points out my wobbly bits. Really, I attempt to minimise discussion about image at all, and instead focus on other qualities, trying hard, being clever, being kind, good manners etc. But with the best will in […]
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Just over a month ago, I was musing/complaining about the lack of real-size mannequins in our stores, and showing the example of a Swedish store who have been successfully using normal sized models for years. Well, to my extreme surprise and delight, Debenhams have announced that they have an army of size 16 mannequins which
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Rather liked this so I thought I’d share. (don’t know how true it is, but ho hum!) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150993328315817&set=a.394072360816.168012.300478260816&type=1 “A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” The story
Anything about this picture look unusual to you? Yup, the Mannequins in Swedish department store Åhléns don’t look like your normal shop mannequin. They look like REAL WOMEN!!! (well ones with dodgy wigs, but we’ll forgive them that). Even better, this photo dates back from 2010, and they’ve been using models in a range of
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