"These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly,"

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“These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly,”

Three things I love in this world — Gossip Girl, Chanel, and Karl Lagerfeld.

“Karl Lagerfeld, the eccentric German fashion tsar, has waded into the debate about size-zero models by saying that people want to look at “skinny models” and classing those who complain as “fat mummies”.

Lagerfeld, 71, was reacting to the magazine Brigitte’s announcement last week that it will in future use “ordinary, realistic” women rather than professional models in its photo shoots. He said the decision by Germany’s most popular women’s magazine was “absurd” and driven by overweight women who did not like to be reminded of their weight issues.”

Preach. (read more)

Using fat models is almost as absurd as the French regulating a “warning” label on all photoshopped images. “Failure to include the disclaimer would result in a $50,000-plus fine or up to half the cost of the ad campaign, potentially a huge threat.” My take is: if the person is dumb enough to believe that the photo was NOT photoshopped then they deserve to have low self esteem.