anonymous model on tumblr

"I have never been weighed or had my thighs measured."
Really? Okay. :rolleyes:

also, @Intrinsicality

I'm aligning with @Butternut and @Elsa here. Thigh measurements are not generally taken by agencies, just hips, waist and bust. I would say agencies would only take thigh measurements if a client had a specific requirement, if say the creation they needed modelled had bizarre and rigid measurements and they needed to make sure the girl would fit, not something that would happen often, if at all. Same for weight, the practice of agencies weighing models is extremely uncommon now days, especially amongst the higher reputed agencies - no one wants a model telling the media they're being weighed, that would land any agency in moral hot water. Measurements and visual appearance are all that matter, obviously that aligns with a low weight, but the exact numbers are fairly irrelevant, they just need to look good and fit the clothes, if they achieve that but for whatever reason also manage to be freakishly heavy (this is theoretical), no one's really going to give a shit.
 
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Sorry for waisting your time, girls. I kind of started this debate because I didn't pay attention to the fact she said thighs, not hips. :facepalm:
 
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Thanks for the clarification, @sabine .

I'm not at all surprised to hear that agencies don't often weigh girls; the media would have a field day if something like that came to light, but I am honestly surprised that thigh measurements aren't too common. I'd think that if you had a girl that had to wear pants or something around the legs that was made out of a material with little to no stretch, you'd want to make sure that her thighs were small enough so she could get into the clothing without damaging it. But, hey, that's why I'm not a VIP. ;)
 
Thanks for the clarification, @sabine .

I'm not at all surprised to hear that agencies don't often weigh girls; the media would have a field day if something like that came to light, but I am honestly surprised that thigh measurements aren't too common. I'd think that if you had a girl that had to wear pants or something around the legs that was made out of a material with little to no stretch, you'd want to make sure that her thighs were small enough so she could get into the clothing without damaging it. But, hey, that's why I'm not a VIP. ;)
Yes that's completely true, weight isn't necessarily an accurate form of measurement, similarly to BMI. Hip and thigh measurements aren't completely exclusive, but it's not hard to believe that typically the lower your hips are, your thighs will still be relatively small. Emphasis on typically. If you're thighs are larger to begin with, even with a reasonably small hip measurement, you're in the wrong business. Agencies let their girls know beforehand regarding any issues. At least two of my friends were told to lose weight in a certain part of their bodies, and they were told jobs would only open up once that happened. Once they did, it proved true, but I don't know how it is for males. And this was only one agency, but it is a top one at that.
 
Thanks for the clarification, @sabine .
I'd think that if you had a girl that had to wear pants or something around the legs that was made out of a material with little to no stretch, you'd want to make sure that her thighs were small enough so she could get into the clothing without damaging it.

@FrançoiseEllyn is right, if your hip measurement is small enough then so will your thigh measurement.. unless you're weirdly disproportionate in which case you'll have an extraordinarily difficult time getting signed in the first place.
 
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no one wants a model telling the media they're being weighed, that would land any agency in moral hot water
I have a question, and maybe you can enlighten me.
I get it why it's unnecessary to measure thighs. I am fully aware that weight is irrelevant, as well as the BMI. I get it that fitting the measurments and having a particular look are the two basics of modelling.
However, one argument here was that agencies don't weigh their models to avoid public outrage. But the models are already skinnier than what would be the social norm, and the haters will bash the industry anyway.
Why is weighing more controversial for the public than taking measurements?
 
I have a question, and maybe you can enlighten me.
I get it why it's unnecessary to measure thighs. I am fully aware that weight is irrelevant, as well as the BMI. I get it that fitting the measurments and having a particular look are the two basics of modelling.
However, one argument here was that agencies don't weigh their models to avoid public outrage. But the models are already skinnier than what would be the social norm, and the haters will bash the industry anyway.
Why is weighing more controversial for the public than taking measurements?

Because it's not justifiable. You need to have the correct measurements to fit the clothes, that makes sense and therefore being measured by your agency can be justified as it is aiding your career success. Weight however, as I mentioned, is technically irrelevant to the job. You can appease the public to a certain extent by explaining that models have job requirements to fulfil, and in a similar way to professional athletes, must take measures to do so with regard to their bodies. However, monitoring the girls' weight is not something that can be explained as ensuring their success (unless it's in the instance that a girl is looking unhealthily thin and she is being weighed to prove that she is underweight to a point that her health is suffering - with the aim of having her gain weight) therefore is deemed cruel and detrimental.

I hope that makes sense.
 
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Because it's not justifiable. You need to have the correct measurements to fit the clothes, that makes sense and therefore being measured by your agency can be justified as it is aiding your career success. Weight however, as I mentioned, is technically irrelevant to the job. You can appease the public to a certain extent by explaining that models have job requirements to fulfil, and in a similar way to professional athletes, must take measures to do so with regard to their bodies. However, monitoring the girls' weight is not something that can be explained as ensuring their success (unless it's in the instance that a girl is looking unhealthily thin and she is being weighed to prove that she is underweight to a point that her health is suffering - with the aim of having her gain weight) therefore is deemed cruel and detrimental.

I hope that makes sense.
Thank you for taking the time to respond :). It makes total sense now.
My only regret is that recently fatties are rallying against the necessity of having sample sized this small (and, by consequence, the ideal modelling measures). It's not like someone is going to make them slim down to fit sample sizes, that's what professional models are for. Why can't they simply enjoy the beauty of it, it's living art! :rant:
 
I have a question, and maybe you can enlighten me.
I get it why it's unnecessary to measure thighs. I am fully aware that weight is irrelevant, as well as the BMI. I get it that fitting the measurments and having a particular look are the two basics of modelling.
However, one argument here was that agencies don't weigh their models to avoid public outrage. But the models are already skinnier than what would be the social norm, and the haters will bash the industry anyway.
Why is weighing more controversial for the public than taking measurements?
It's just one more thing the industry would be shit upon for. It would be too difficult to hide something like that, especially when you have Delevingne speaking about the industry every other day.
 
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I really don't know about the frequency of thigh measurement in the industry apart from the usual bust-waist-thigh measurements. @FashionThin can clarify.

Measuring thighs is very uncommon. I saw it done a few times when I was starting out as a booker, to have the info for the rare client with very specific fit requirements. But in all the time I've been doing this I maybe measured thighs twice, and haven't done it in years. I never had them measured when I was a model either.

Hip measurement is so important though - ask any model and she will likely curse her hips. :lol:

Measuring your thighs individually could be good if you want to track how your body stores fat, bc as your weight changes comparing it to your hip number can show you how much you store on your butt vs your legs. Same as how some people measure their calves. But for the purposes of modeling it's not relevant.

I just feel like her opinions on the blog are highly suspect. She just reduced having model stats to having a 12-year boy type body. Who would say something like that about a part of the modelling industry that she says she represents?

For all we know she's that hefty model from some weeks ago that walked 'runways' and bitched about supposed agent advice and other models not eating .

I haven't read her blog until now. I don't like her attitude, but I didn't see anything glaring or off that would make me think she is BSing.
 
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I always thought she was ''real'' but the fact that she sounded like a fangirl in that ask about Gigi Hadid makes you doubt things :eyeroll:
 
Oh no I'm definitely not a model, nah no one on this site is. We're just sad, lonely fatties who seem to some how have inside knowledge without actually being involved in the model world at all....