Re: Voluptuous is out, small is in for Colombian models
- From: "James Bond" <james.bond@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:33:35 +0200
Pues ..yo siempre he pensado que un buen par de tetas ..es un detalle muy de
agradecer .....¿seré raro? ¿seré un machista?
"?" <kaltter@xxxxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
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> In the heart of Colombia's plastic surgery industry, a surprising whiff
> of disdain is emerging toward a Colombian fashion-industry staple.
>
> ''Big breasts are out,'' declared Judy Hazbun, a designer whose label
> carries her name, during the annual Medellin Moda fashion fair last
> week. ``Women don't want big breasts anymore ... I never use models
> with big breasts.''
>
> There was a time when such words were near blasphemy in Colombia's
> small but growing fashion industry, when ''voluptuous'' was the choice
> word for describing the icon of a beautiful woman.
>
> But from clothes designers to casting directors and modeling agency
> managers, a new idea is being felt up and down the catwalks: The era of
> the Pamela Anderson wannabes is ending.
>
> It remains to be seen whether the smaller-is-better idea will take hold
> on the streets of Colombia, where breast augmentation surgery seems as
> common as getting your teeth cleaned. No government or independent
> organization keeps statistics here, but the International Association
> of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ranks Colombia 21st on its 2004 worldwide
> list in terms of the number of corrective procedures.
>
> Colombia has long been a hotbed of plastic surgery. Doctors here, less
> threatened with lawsuits than in other countries, began doing surgeries
> much earlier than many other countries. Surgery remains cheap and
> available.
>
> In Medellin, a city of 3 million people, there are 66 clinics that
> perform what is commonly called aesthetic surgery, which for breast
> augmentation costs about $2,000, about five times less than what it
> costs in the United States. Nationwide, there are 485 clinics.
>
> So renowned is Colombia's cosmetic surgery industry that people come
> from as far away as Japan and Spain on package deals to get the lower
> prices. For many years, this silicon phenomenon has been evident in the
> catwalks.
>
> But for people in the industry, like Tony Marques, the creative
> director for the modeling agency Stock Models, it was like the dark
> ages.
>
> ''Seven years ago, this industry was all curves,'' he said. ``It was so
> cheap, so crass.''
>
> Marques and other model agents say things began to change when the
> designers started going to Europe and the United States to study
> fashion trends and television here began bringing in Italian and French
> channels, as well as Fashion TV.
>
> ''They used to be influenced by things like Melrose Place,'' said
> Margarita Gomez, a 20-year veteran modeling agent with Informa Models
> of Colombia, referring to the designers' penchant for using fashion
> from the mid-1990s Darren Star nighttime soap. ``Now they're looking
> for more refined women: less breasts, more elegant, with more style.''
>
> The models, industry officials say, also changed their perspective,
> seeking to appeal to an international market.
>
> ''They're looking for more exotic women these days,'' said Julia Maria
> Lopez, a 26-year-old model, referring to the talent scouts and
> designers. Lopez added that she did not even consider getting breast
> augmentation, and that she and many of her friends in the business were
> much more conscientious about this decision than in years past.
>
> ''I think it's an aggressive way to approach your body,'' the svelte,
> dark-skinned Medellin native said. ``I think I look I great the way I
> am.''
>
> Felipe Espinoza, a fashion show producer, agrees.
>
> ''It was a very aggressive period for women because what people were
> saying, between the lines, was that you had to be a super voluptuous
> woman to be beautiful,'' he said. ``Now women are looking to exploit
> what they have.''
>
> The changes were apparent on the runway at Medellin Moda last week as
> women modeling Carmen Belissa Martinez's Beverly Hills swimsuit line
> were noticeably smaller above the waist.
>
> ''I looked for models that didn't have surgery, or at least didn't have
> noticeable surgery,'' Martinez said after her show. She added that less
> than half of her models had breast surgery, a smaller number than in
> years past.
>
> ''The Colombians have changed; they want to be more international, this
> is true. But only half true,'' said Chacha Posada, a casting director
> for Informa Models. ``The truth is that surgery continues with the same
> frequency as before, only different surgery.''
>
> German Wolff, a local plastic surgeon and former president of the
> Colombian Association of Plastic Surgeons, said that breast surgery
> continues apace despite what happens on the runways. ''It may take
> awhile to hit the streets,'' Espinoza acknowledged.
>
> At the shows, which ended on Friday, the designers said they were
> looking for women sizes 6 or even 8 to model.
>
> ''We want someone more subtle, more elegant, more normal women,'' said
> the designer Martinez.
>
> http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/world/12453147.htm
>
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