Why so serious?

[Isabella Thorne]

I recently saw a television segment on high fashion models and how the look of the models has changed lately ... and I don't mean body types either ...

The models that grace our magazines and strut their stuff on the runways .... are not smiling ...

they have very serious deadpan expressions ... which the designers want them to have ....

what do you think?

do you think the serious look makes the clothes they are selling more desirable ... does it make the models look cooler / hipper?

Personally I think anyone looks better with a smile.
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He's a dedicated follower of fashion
~The Kinks~

 

[CreamyLady]

Maybe the idea is to play down the personality of the model and showcase the clothes or product.

I don't know, personally. I worked, briefly, in the rag trade and never met a model who (a) was not neurotic; (b) did not have sore feet; and (c) was not hungry.

I did wonder at cause and effect.

 

[FantasyGoddess]

Wait

No.

 

[Ambrosious]

Hey!

They have expressions? That would mean faces, right?

Fuck me, I've never looked up to tell.

So, yeah, sure, or no, it doesn't. Whatever...

 

[Isabella Thorne]

This thread reminds me so much of this song ....

If you are not Canadian, I wonder if you have heard it ... it is amazing ... and i lovvvvvvve the lyrics ...

if you are Canadian, you must know this song, eh?

I am feeling so damn patriotic tonight ...

and now for your reading pleasure ... Canada's own Northern Pykes ... lol ...

She Ain't Pretty

I had two jobs I had dishwater hands
And on the weekend in a rock and roll band
One Friday night in my hometown bar
In walked a girl who looked like a movie star
She stared at me and it was turning me on
She said she worked in a beauty salon
I heard a voice inside me say:
"She ain't pretty, she just looks that way"

We made a date to go for a drink
I wore my jeans and she wore a mink
There was this miscinception all over town
That she ate lonely guy heart by the pound
She said "Take me home there won't be no fuss"
I said "Sure you got some change for the bus?"
Watching her leave, I heard the bartender say:
"She ain't pretty, she just looks that way"

I called her up, her father was home
Said, "She's busy. She can't come to the phone"
I held my breath and decided to wait
A guy like me doesn't get many dates
I fell in love with a model from hell
It took some time for my hormones to tell
That chasing her has been a grave mistake
She ain't pretty, she just looks that way

Her ego wrote checks incredibly fast
But her personality didn't have the cash
I laughed out loud to my totaL dismay
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
"She ain't pretty
"She ain't pretty

- Northern Pikes