#beauty and fashion industry

[uter-us]

incase anyone missed it: pamela anderson went to pfw without makeup!!!

"I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl in the room. I feel like its just freedom. Its like a relief."

i love seeing this. such a win !

[deathtastegirl]

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[fallenvampyra]

Gothic Beauty issue #17 (2005)

Ayria/Jennifer Parkin

[world-of-celebs]

Lily James attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London, England.

[toyastales]

Stripes

[digitalconcept-fl]

I am no artist, but I made some pretend buttons or stickers in the color scheme similar to the Lesbian Labrys flag, but with a cooler toned purple out of respect. Anyone is free to use them however they please, so long as there is no hate speech involved.

Feminism is the answer to female liberation. Gender abolishment has been at the root of feminist theory since it’s conception, as it places men and women in categoric boxes and should no longer be a necessary social construct in modern day society. Men and women should not be defined by society’s opinion of what “masculinity” and “femininity” is as if should they not fulfill those requirements, they do not qualify. You are worth more than fulfilling your societies conceptions of being. You are and your spirit is valued beyond how well you are perceived by others. You deserve healthcare and safety under legislation. No child should be kicked out of their homes for being gender-non-conforming. We are all people, regardless of sex.

[cybergirl2006]

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[horygory]

The Neon Demon (2016)

[fashionlandscapeblog]

For the past 2-3 years, the fashion industry doesn't 'proclaim' trends anymore, it proclaims whole 'aesthetics'. It's actually a genius and innovative marketing move, because instead of simply declaring faux fur a trend (as it always did), it declares a 'mob wife aesthetic', which is an own constellation of trends. So instead of just buying a faux fur coat, you have to buy the whole mob wife aesthetic starter kit (5-6 items? The more sales, the merrier). Same with 'clean girl' or 'old money' or 'quiet luxury'. The main thing is: Be everything but yourself.

Since the rise of social media and the now defunct democratization of fashion that came with it, the fashion industry has been struggling incessantly to control the narrative. These socalled 'aesthetics' have been things that have always existed, some of them even just last decade. The industry (read Vogue, Elle, etc) simply rebrands them as a marketing strategy.

This is all not just enabling even more unabashed consumerism, but it also makes people reject the idea of personal style and individuality. Anyone who follows these 'aesthetics' has a serious identity crisis.

Do we even know what a real person looks like anymore? Most of the beautiful people you see online or on magazines and media have been physically altered in one way or the other. If it isn't heavy photo editing, it is heavy plastic or cosmetic surgery, botox, eating disorders, breast augmentations, butliffts, microblading, all to fit the everchanging beauty standard or the trend of the day. Nowadays, it isn't even enough to be just skinny, because you need to spend hours in the gym working out those abs if you don't want to be labeled 'skinny fat'. (How abominable is this kind of thinking?)

The pressure is real. I think it is absolutely normal to have body or face dysmorphia nowadays or to feel depressed.

We are living in one of the most hostile times towards human beings in history, especially towards youth. Granted, before we used to have physical slavery, but the difference today is that the whole media, the whole culture, whole industries are dedicated to make us averse against our own selves on a daily or even minute-to-minute basis with social media. It is making us hate ourselves.

[superkitten-poison]

to me velvette doesnt lie about *being bisexual* for attention but she lies about being bisexual *for attention*. like admitting to being attracted to women would make her a dyke and manly and f/f relationships dont even count bc her internalized misogyny goes so crazy she subconsicounsly does not see women as full people and needs men to validate her own personhood, and since men hold most of the power, surrounding herself with men is in fact a means to power. so one way she feels she Can have sexual contact with women is through excuses: it's for attention, for convenience, as a power play. but never because of her own desires and it can never mean anything. can you imagine? two women in a loving relationship. who would want to see that?

[jestrada5]

“I THINK, ‘What if I just HANG IT UP?’ And then you start THINKING of ALL THE PEOPLE that you would WORK with if they CALLED, and that’s NOT really RETIRING. That’s just BEING AVAILABLE.”

The Wonderful Winona Ryder for Haper's BAZAAR/ July 11th, 2024

[uter-us]

i recently made a post j updating that pamela anderson went to paris fashion week without makeup (which is so so great!!!) and I see a lot of people reblogging saying she looks so beautiful, and like maybe im being way too nit picky but I feel like that kind of misses the point ?

like yes she looks great, but what if she had looked awful? what if she had looked really genuinly rough? like yk ?? the point is that she doesn't have to look beautiful. she doesnt even have to have "natural beauty". she doesn't have to look good at all (and she'd still be worthy of love and respect).

I imagine some of the people saying she looks beautiful probably would still say it anyway even if she looked unattractive, but that just goes back to the whole like "the solution is not to expand the definition of fuckable" thing yk?

not to mention, not everyone looks like pamela anderson (she's had cosmetic surgery which definitely plays a role in her appearance even makeup-free), so I can only imagine other women seeing people STILL putting any weight or importance on how she looks, and how they might feel abt themselves and their own bare-face. like isn't the point that she doesn't have to look beautiful at all?? pointing out how pretty she looks without makeup is kinda doing her and other women a disservice yk?

and maybe im misunderstanding and its like a "beauty on the inside" thing but the comments/reblogs/tags calling her beautiful or stunning or whatever do seem to be talking abt her appearance

[insincere-engineer]

anyone got advice on being comfortable wearing dresses/skirts with leg hair? coming into summer I want to have those as a cooler clothing option but pretty self-conscious as I only made the commitment to stop shaving at the start of this year.

[world-of-celebs]

Eleanor Tomlinson arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Jack The Giant Slayer' held at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 26, 2013 in Hollywood, California.

[thaiteaprincess]

It took me a bit but not wearing makeup and dressing for comfort has made me feel human.

[cybergirl2006]

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