Kazimiera
09-14-2013, 08:28 PM
FINALLY – a clothing store uses a diverse range of models and the results are amazing
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Finally – someone gets it right!
If you know your way around the fashion industry, you’re familiar with the term “Lookbook.” Companies use lookbooks to showcase specific designs or a store’s upcoming seasonal lines. Usually, they’re filled with slim, caucasian models that have been used on runways and the majority of the fashion industry for ages. But Debenhaums, a popular U.K.-based store, wants to be known for its enthusiasm for diversity as it is for its fashion-forward clothes.
In Debenhaums recently released High Summer Lookbook, the company made the choice to use models that accurately reflected the diverse population of the world we live in. You’ll see models in a variety of age groups, ethnicities and body types. According to the company, it’s the first store of its kind to do so.
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams5.jpg
This isn’t the only time Debenhaums has led the way in creating a more body-positive attitude in fashion, celebrating a range of body types and ages in its advertising, marketing and design. The company has implemented size 16 mannequins in its in-story displays and voluntarily banned airbrushing in its swimsuit ads.
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams7_0.jpg
The pictures are stunning. Why don’t more companies do this? Perhaps designers are afraid that presenting their clothing as too inclusive and not aspirational enough would dampen their desirability. I believe Debenhaums proves that theory wrong. Seeing imagery that reflects the world we live in and bodies that are similar to ours – the consumer – we’re able to see the real potential of the product and we feel included. By the way, did you know that people are actually more likely to buy clothes when they’re modeled on mannequins that resemble their body type?
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams3.jpg
If Debenhams’ lookbook teaches us anything, it may be that simply because we’ve always done things in a particular way doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the only way, or even the right way.
Source: http://www.beautyexists.net/fashion/finally-a-clothing-store-uses-a-diverse-range-of-models-and-the-results-are-amazing/
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams1.jpg
Finally – someone gets it right!
If you know your way around the fashion industry, you’re familiar with the term “Lookbook.” Companies use lookbooks to showcase specific designs or a store’s upcoming seasonal lines. Usually, they’re filled with slim, caucasian models that have been used on runways and the majority of the fashion industry for ages. But Debenhaums, a popular U.K.-based store, wants to be known for its enthusiasm for diversity as it is for its fashion-forward clothes.
In Debenhaums recently released High Summer Lookbook, the company made the choice to use models that accurately reflected the diverse population of the world we live in. You’ll see models in a variety of age groups, ethnicities and body types. According to the company, it’s the first store of its kind to do so.
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams5.jpg
This isn’t the only time Debenhaums has led the way in creating a more body-positive attitude in fashion, celebrating a range of body types and ages in its advertising, marketing and design. The company has implemented size 16 mannequins in its in-story displays and voluntarily banned airbrushing in its swimsuit ads.
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams7_0.jpg
The pictures are stunning. Why don’t more companies do this? Perhaps designers are afraid that presenting their clothing as too inclusive and not aspirational enough would dampen their desirability. I believe Debenhaums proves that theory wrong. Seeing imagery that reflects the world we live in and bodies that are similar to ours – the consumer – we’re able to see the real potential of the product and we feel included. By the way, did you know that people are actually more likely to buy clothes when they’re modeled on mannequins that resemble their body type?
http://www.beautyexists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Debenhams3.jpg
If Debenhams’ lookbook teaches us anything, it may be that simply because we’ve always done things in a particular way doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the only way, or even the right way.
Source: http://www.beautyexists.net/fashion/finally-a-clothing-store-uses-a-diverse-range-of-models-and-the-results-are-amazing/