Fashion Models — Soon to Be ‘Fitness Models’?

There’s been a lot of recent chatter about how the traditional super models are no longer the top babes in the industry anymore — that now it’s all about really fit women who are starting to turn the fickle tides of male attention. Is it true? Is the notion of female beauty shifting from thin and delicate to strong and lean?

We put together 4 reasons — 2 for, 2 against — explaining why fashion models might not be around forever.

Pro Reason 1 — Celebrities, Not Supermodels

It’s not that fashion models are disappearing, but because of their lesser influence, they have to go along with the trends coming out of Milan, Paris, London, and New York. And celebrities don’t have to do that, so they are free to get as ‘fit’ as they want and still appear on the cover of Vogue.

For #2: There Are No Super Models Anymore.

Now that the internet is so wide-spread, it’s easy to get a plethora of information on any model. Amateur models coming out of nowhere don’t take as long to be discovered anymore, and thus it’s harder for the industry to really ‘make’ a super model like they could in the past. As a result, these new fitness models are really taking off.

Against #1: Lots of Guys Still Don’t Like Toned Women.

No matter how many inroads fitness-based women might make on fashion models, the fact is that guys who like the lean muscle tones instead of the smooth lines of beautiful, top models, just isn’t that high of a number. Until cultural values change, toned top models will be a minority.

Contra #2: Women From Fitness Are Still a Minority

It’s not that the fitness industry itself is just a little niche, but the idea that it can produce supermodel quality babes is a relatively new one. There are some publications that are making the leap from ‘fitness’ to ‘fitness and fashion’, and those are where you’ll need to look for the future stars, but it’s still a ways off.

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Vintage Fashion & Designer Clothes Films: Retro Clothing, Design Trends & Hair Styles in American Pop CultureThis compilation of fashion and design films is filled with spectacular footage of vintage fashion shows, interviews, advertisements, promotional, high fashion, western wear, dresses, fabrics, and so much more. Table Of Contents: (1) Union Square Fashion Show (Newsreel) (1950) - A wonderful short newsreel covering an outdoor fashion show - 1 Minutes (2) Modes Of The Moment (1917) - A silent fashion advertisement from the early days - 3 Minutes (3) Story Of A Star (1956) - Tells the story of the development of a new stretch material for women's stockings - 8 Minutes (4) Western Fashions (1940s) - Short show piece with excellent footage of vintage Western American fashion - 1 Minute (5) Fashion Favorites (1940) - This is a Dupont promotional video, similar the modern day BASF commercial, in that they both promote how they make the world a better place. In this film Dupont explains there contributions in the development of fabrics which have led to new fashions and better lifestyles - 31 Minutes (6) Fitting Faces (1940) - Fun eye glass fashion film in which a woman discovers how nice glasses can make you feel good - 8 Minutes (7) Hair Dress (1950) - Amusing that journeys through time and how hair styles have changed over the past centuries - 10 Minutes (8) Pattern for Smartness (1948) - This film encourages people to make their own clothes and follows a girl as she designs her own dresses and puts on a fashion show - 19 Minutes (9) Fashion Horizons (1940) - An interesting fashion and travelogue film that shows some beautiful women and their clothes as they vacation - 19 Minutes (10) Aristocrats of Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1940s) - Bemberg, producers of Rayon, sponsored this film about the elegance and fine stylings of rayon clothing - 7 Minutes (11) Harpers Bazaar Talks Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1970's) - Interviews with famous fashion designers including Geoffrey Beene, Betsey Johnson, Bill Blass, & Anne Klein - 10 Minutes