frenchkiki Posted January 21, 2010 Posted January 21, 2010 I also love the 50's, 60's and 70's because there was no photoshopping. Models looked genuine. For example, if you look at Playboy centerfolds from the 60's and 70's, you can see REAL women. The 1980's introduced a change in this matter, models started to look like perfect instances of feminity. When i was "reading" my dad's playboy when i was a young kiki I wanted to look like those girls and i knew this was possible in some way. Now if a teenage girl is watching fashion magazine she thinks "oh I would like to look like this girl" but she knows she can't because she is not thin enough, her skin is not perfect enough, her hair not bright enough, her teeth are not white enough, her boobs are not perfect enough and she, of course, needs to have a Brazilian wax because that's what the boys want, right? And that's what they show in magazines... And the 1990's/2000's were virtually plagued by digital photo editing Nowadays, all I see in men mags are beauty monsters, and not really women as they actually look. Exactly. flawless androids. Quote
Stamoholic Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 ^ I answered that question in my intro. I feel the late 00s were very different to the early 00s and are in the process of becoming the early 10s ( as is the case with most decades). So, in order to give people the choice of saying " I think NOW is the best period", I added that catagory. I didn't want to call it the 10s because the 10s has only just started! Hope that answers your q! xx Fair enough... See, I don't wanna be bitchy or something, but there is a difference between a "period" and a "decade" Just to get it straight, no offence On a more relevant note... I voted for the 90's because I associate those times with some models that are generally considered "classic", like Cindy Crawford (my all-time favorite model), Eva Herzigova or Claudia Schiffer... And I like classic things, so voting in this poll was basically a sentiment-driven thing for me. I also love the 50's, 60's and 70's because there was no photoshopping. Models looked genuine. For example, if you look at Playboy centerfolds from the 60's and 70's, you can see REAL women. The 1980's introduced a change in this matter, models started to look like perfect instances of feminity. And the 1990's/2000's were virtually plagued by digital photo editing Nowadays, all I see in men mags are beauty monsters, and not really women as they actually look. Lets not get bogged down in semantics! Agree with you though 100%, and with Kiki's last post -- especially in regards to Playboy. If Playboy ever had another Cynthia Myers, for example, men would never actually know she was a real living person who was really incredibly beautiful, because they would just plastic up her pictures and you wouldn't know if it was real or not, and would just presume it was all fake. Sad state of affairs, but the good news is most people ARE getting sick of it now. Hopefully there will be a backlash. I think when you're 16 it's easy to feel that the expectations placed upon your sex by the media are real, Kiki, I agree, but when you get a little older you realise they're not. When it gets down to it, everyone has their own preferences -- tall, short, super skinny, slender, rounder, waxed, slightly waxed, unwaxed, long hair, short hair, talkative, shy, American, European... the list is of course endless. What is happening in Western society is that people are using and building up the media in order to move away from our own reality and further into our minds and our dark human desires about power, voyeurism, and sexuality. Yet, it's important to remember it's just fantasy. I drool over lots of pictures of actors who have been photoshopped to have extra muscles, smoother faces, stronger jaws, etc, but that doesn't mean I expect all men to be like that. God, if they were it would be gross! No metrosexuals or synthetic men for this girl I'll take my men just as hairy and complicated as they have been for centuries Anyway, rant off Quote
Stamoholic Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 ^ Read my intro, please And my reply to Qball on page 1 if need be. Quote
BeachBunny094 Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 My answer would be a dissertation. Stay tuned... So much really has to do with the media... As a model since I was around 15 years old, I have seen a lot of change. I must admit that at times, I think newer models have it a lot easier (and kinda "aw" unfair) :baronlamesign: , but that is not accurate. :lullaby: (more later.. screw revising and organizing my thoughts. I should write on a cocktail napkin instead) :morning: From digital film to twitter....so much to say...*sigh. I am too tired/ lazy to finish my argument now. But please get celebs off the magazine covers already!! Even as a writer for a famous fashion magazine, I have gotten nowhere with my argument. Boooo!! (temper tantrum smiley) (pout smiley) Good debate topic. Well, I guess I started modeling when supermodels were supermodels. That left little room to model, and there were not all these avenues for exposure that we have today.... I think "my look" wasn't as much appreciated when I started as it is now. If only my peak would occur at the right time... Quote
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