Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling by Amanda M. Czerniawski

Author:Amanda M. Czerniawski [Czerniawski, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2015-01-29T22:00:00+00:00

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Agents as Gatekeepers of Fashion

When my proofs from the test shoot arrived, I was eager to choose which shots would be printed for my modeling portfolio and composite card. Originally, Bobby expressed his plan for choosing the images on his own; however, I was eager to see the results of my long day of posing and dressing up and insisted that I join him. I wanted my voice to be heard in the deliberations.

Upon viewing the images through a photographer’s loop, I marveled at the results. As Bobby summarized, I photographed well—I successfully engaged in affective labor during the shoot and it came across in the proofs—though problematically thinner than my actual size ten frame, which appeared more like a size six or eight body on film. I secretly reveled in the news, my merriment only dampened by the fact that I was in the office of the director of a plus-size agency.

Bobby described the last look from the shoot as the plus-size “money shot,” which highlighted “the bum, boobs, and arms.” In my personal opinion, I thought that particular image was unflattering precisely because it emphasized my “bum, boobs, and arms.” I secretly wished a warning could appear with the image, “Objects in this photo are smaller than they appear.” I argued with Bobby over his selection of that particular image, but he reasoned:

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