The trend was particularly pronounced in Paris, she added.<\/p>\n
This is despite many designers adopting looks that naturally create curvy silhouettes, such as corsets.<\/p>\n
In some cases, models have been sent out with padding around their hips to create the hourglass shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince 2022, there\u2019s been a real regression, both in the frequency of contracts and in fees,\u201d model Doralyse Brumain, 31, who wears a French 40-42, told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u2018False idea\u2019 <\/p>\n
The \u201cbody positive\u201d movement, born in the 2010s, was based on the idea of promoting acceptance of different body types and recognising the damage done by creating a beauty ideal of thinness that was both unhealthy and beyond the reach of most women.<\/p>\n
In the same way that fur and flashy fashion is making a comeback, so is the aesthetic of extreme thinness that was called \u201cheroin chic\u201d in the 1990s when popularised by supermodels such as Kate Moss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s this false idea that being thin means being chic, being rich,\u201d said French model casting director Esther Boiteux to AFP.<\/p>\n
The wide availability of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic \u2013 used to suppress appetite \u2013 has also been linked to the return of thinness.<\/p>\n
The diabetes treatment \u201chas something to do with it because we\u2019re seeing a lot of celebrities who are using it\u201d, British Vogue editor Chioma Nnadi said last November.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s this shift in the culture around how we think about our bodies and how we address our bodies,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Clothes for fashion shows are also typically designed and manufactured in a single size \u2013 that of \u201cstandard\u201d thin models \u2013 and making clothes for regular or larger models requires forethought and extra time to adapt them.<\/p>\n
\u2018Unattainable\u2019 <\/p>\n
Ekaterina Ozhiganova, a Russian-born model and founder of the Model Law association, which advocates for model rights, says that consumers are in favour of seeing models in different sizes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut for it to become truly sustainable, there would need to be a profound change in production,\u201d she told AFP, adding that the industry continued to sell \u201can unattainable ideal\u201d.<\/p>\n
French designer Jeanne Friot believes fashion runways should instead be a place where everyone can envision themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe point of a fashion show is to showcase something different from the fashion I grew up with, very thin and very standardised. I want to see [larger] sizes… older people, all ethnicities, all genders,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n
For the moment, sighting a regular-sized woman on the catwalk is an increasingly rare occurrence, but the change is not going unnoticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to speak out when fashion messes up and establishes a standard it should abandon,\u201d French fashion journalist Sophie Fontanel wrote on Instagram in early October as she watched the Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n
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