Comments on: The Truth About Size Zero with Louise Redknapp http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/ Fashion News & Beauty Reviews Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ridwanzero http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-141970 ridwanzero Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:09:33 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-141970 Influence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we’re trying to change how people think and behave........ onlineuniversalwork Influence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we’re trying to change how people think and behave……..

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]]> By: Jessorz http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-15028 Jessorz Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:52:21 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-15028 Quoting Emma, "It is odd that women want this for fashion when men (the vast majority) do not find it attractive." But you have to understand that most of the time, they're not doing it to impress men. Having anorexia or bulimia or anything like that where you're hopelessly obsessed with weight is about control. If you feel like you can't control anything (ie. you're depressed or whatnot), alot of times people either overeat and get overweight or stop eating and get deathly skinny. It's a way to control your body when you feel like everything else is out of your control. Quoting Emma, “It is odd that women want this for fashion when men (the vast majority) do not find it attractive.”

But you have to understand that most of the time, they’re not doing it to impress men. Having anorexia or bulimia or anything like that where you’re hopelessly obsessed with weight is about control. If you feel like you can’t control anything (ie. you’re depressed or whatnot), alot of times people either overeat and get overweight or stop eating and get deathly skinny. It’s a way to control your body when you feel like everything else is out of your control.

]]> By: Emma http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14932 Emma Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:04:52 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14932 It all seems a bit crazy. I would love to see a Nicole Richie or Kate Bosworth type in real-life because I really have NO concept of this size 0 (AU 4) in reality. I am a size 12, and for my stature cannot imagine being less than a 10 (which I am aiming to be). Seriously, how could you BE so tiny unless you were short??? It just makes my mind boggle. I think it is just as sad and just the same as seeing an overweight person - the saddness within. It is odd that women want this for fashion when men (the vast majority) do not find it attractive - I am sure men like the standard 6-16 the most, just as these are the healthier sizes. It all seems a bit crazy. I would love to see a Nicole Richie or Kate Bosworth type in real-life because I really have NO concept of this size 0 (AU 4) in reality.

I am a size 12, and for my stature cannot imagine being less than a 10 (which I am aiming to be). Seriously, how could you BE so tiny unless you were short??? It just makes my mind boggle.

I think it is just as sad and just the same as seeing an overweight person – the saddness within.

It is odd that women want this for fashion when men (the vast majority) do not find it attractive – I am sure men like the standard 6-16 the most, just as these are the healthier sizes.

]]> By: Helen http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14852 Helen Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:12:39 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14852 Hi Chen, You've got some good points, but I agree with Gisele's view on this debate. It comes down to how you were bought up... depending on your family environment, you could be more or less susceptible to societies influences and pressures to be something that you're not. My parents bought me up in a house always full of food (my parents are fabulous cooks and my dad is a pastry chef), and they also encouraged me to be happy with my body and I was perfect the way I was born. Luckily, even though my dad was always making sweets, I have been the same size since I was in my teens. Hi Chen,

You’ve got some good points, but I agree with Gisele’s view on this debate. It comes down to how you were bought up… depending on your family environment, you could be more or less susceptible to societies influences and pressures to be something that you’re not.

My parents bought me up in a house always full of food (my parents are fabulous cooks and my dad is a pastry chef), and they also encouraged me to be happy with my body and I was perfect the way I was born. Luckily, even though my dad was always making sweets, I have been the same size since I was in my teens.

]]> By: Chen http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14841 Chen Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:30:06 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14841 Caught it, great show. There's no way fashion is not at least a part to blame. It's so simple: to be fashionable is what a lot of people aim for, it's why its celebrated and why even those who can't afford it read with earnest the luxe-to-less or chain store chic parts of magazines. And if the clothes only look good on underweight frames and if the only people in the industry are underweight then people will aim to look like them. If suddenly the fashion industry decided that beauty is a size 12 and the clothes only looked good on people of that size then not as many people would aspire to be a size 6 or 4 as that would be considered unattractive, and who would try to be unattractive? It may be art and beauty in the fashion world but every body involved in producing fashion has to be aware of the impacts, of the power that it has on people. If fashion was not powerful and trendsetting I doubt it would be called fashion. As dateline shown a little later in the evening, some people in fashion place the blame on celebrities. But I doubt those people would think that celebrities set ALL the trends in fashion. Some of the trends come from celebrities yes, but some also come from the strictly fashion world. It is not a who came first situation, fashion and celebrities are mutually evolving industries. There's no point in education or experiments on television when in the wide world beyond that everyone is trying to be fashionable and at the moment being fashionable requires one to at least be a size 12 or 10. Think about the short-to-mini lengths, the tunic styles, the empire cuts of winter fashion: anyone with big thighs would look bigger, and anyone with a belly would look pregnant. Fashion has to do something it doesn't like doing much- face reality. Caught it, great show. There’s no way fashion is not at least a part to blame. It’s so simple: to be fashionable is what a lot of people aim for, it’s why its celebrated and why even those who can’t afford it read with earnest the luxe-to-less or chain store chic parts of magazines. And if the clothes only look good on underweight frames and if the only people in the industry are underweight then people will aim to look like them. If suddenly the fashion industry decided that beauty is a size 12 and the clothes only looked good on people of that size then not as many people would aspire to be a size 6 or 4 as that would be considered unattractive, and who would try to be unattractive? It may be art and beauty in the fashion world but every body involved in producing fashion has to be aware of the impacts, of the power that it has on people. If fashion was not powerful and trendsetting I doubt it would be called fashion.

As dateline shown a little later in the evening, some people in fashion place the blame on celebrities. But I doubt those people would think that celebrities set ALL the trends in fashion. Some of the trends come from celebrities yes, but some also come from the strictly fashion world. It is not a who came first situation, fashion and celebrities are mutually evolving industries.

There’s no point in education or experiments on television when in the wide world beyond that everyone is trying to be fashionable and at the moment being fashionable requires one to at least be a size 12 or 10. Think about the short-to-mini lengths, the tunic styles, the empire cuts of winter fashion: anyone with big thighs would look bigger, and anyone with a belly would look pregnant.

Fashion has to do something it doesn’t like doing much- face reality.

]]> By: Jessorz http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14805 Jessorz Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:33:59 +0000 http://www.sassybella.com/column/index.php/2007/04/18/the-truth-about-size-zero-with-louise-redknapp/#comment-14805 That's an amazing idea, considering that the media is part of the reason why girls have so little self esteem. So if the media- or even just one show- is turning around and telling them, hey this isn't healthy for you, maybe that will cause alot of girls to see that their body is great the way it is. That’s an amazing idea, considering that the media is part of the reason why girls have so little self esteem. So if the media- or even just one show- is turning around and telling them, hey this isn’t healthy for you, maybe that will cause alot of girls to see that their body is great the way it is.

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