The popular fashion blogger Liz Black of Black’s P.S. It’s Fashion and photographer Kristiina Wilson just gave the industry a little bit of justice using smarts and quite a bit of style.
As you can see, Black—though beautiful and chic—doesn’t exactly fit into the tiny, little notion of fashion’s ideal bod. Using body positivity as a springboard, she and Wilson created a pretty traditional editorial photoshoot featuring all the usual tropes: familiar poses, perfect makeup, ecstatic expressions, and gorgeous sample-size clothing. Of course, sample-sizes look just a little bit different on Black than on your industry-standard model. Matter of fact, she can’t even put most of them on.
As Black says, while she understands the financial and logistical reasons why brands only make sample sizes available for editorial shoots, runway shows, and red-carpet appearances, it nonetheless says something about the kind of expectations we force down on women. “I’ve seen runway models and the sample garments up close, and would always marvel at how small it was in comparison to my body,” she says. “It’s not a knock on those models or myself, just the visual dichotomy was always stunning. I knew that I could bring that feeling to life, and it felt important to showcase the gorgeous designs at the same time.” And that she and Wilson have. Brava!
For more images, hit up Wilson’s editorial on YouDoYou and for more details visit Black’s P.S. It’s Fashion.