Size Zero: My Life as a Disappearing Model
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01KEPNVEW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 116 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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It's a shocking tale of the fashion world's obsession with Yol It's a shocking tale of the fashion world's obsession with unnaturally thin, unhealthy women who are held up to the rest of the world as "the ideal". It's a brutally honest story (which maybe makes it so shocking). I found the author endearing in her honesty. At the same time I felt a deep sadn. A realistic and compelling look into the world of modeling What a fascinating look into the women who bring life to the fashion industry. I have a family member who is a fashion designer and have heard various stories about it but nothing as succinct as this. What a brave woman to share her life. Fascinating.. "Wow" according to marcia5Wow That was a great read. Victoire is adorableat her current weight. Most surprising thing was Ralph Lauren passed on her. She looks like his models. The other thing is WHY do they want them so thin? Curvy is far more attractive. Shows how easy it can be to fall prey to anorexia too. Its a crappy . . That was a great read. Victoire is adorableat her current weight. Most surprising thing was Ralph Lauren passed on her. She looks like his models. The other thing is WHY do they want them so thin? Curvy is far more attractive. Shows how easy it can be to fall prey to anorexia too. Its a crappy
A memoir of a brief career as a top model - and the brutally honest account of what goes on behind the scenes in a fascinating, closed industry.Scouted in the street when she is 17, Victoire Dauxerre’s story started like a teenager’s dream: within months she was on the catwalks of New York’s major fashion shows, and part of the most select circle of in-demand supermodels in the world.But when fashion executives and photographers began to pressure her about her weight, forcing her to become ever thinner, Victoire’s fantasy came at a cost. Food was now her enemy, and soon, living on only three apples a day and Diet Coke galore, Victoire became anorexic.An unflinching, painful expose of the uglier face of fashion, her testimony is a shocking example of how our culture’s mechanisms of anorexia and bulimia can push a young woman to the point of suicide. It is the story of a survivor whose fight against poisonous illness and body image shows us how to take courage and embrace life.Written with Valérie Péronnet.
Victoire Dauxerre was born in Paris in 1992. She is currently studying Drama in London and training to be an actress.
What is unusual is how, bravely, Dauxerre names names – even the big ones’ Sunday Times‘It is rare for someone to blow the whistle so spectacularly as Dauxerre. ‘What makes Size Zero unique and persuasive is that it is a highly intelligent girl’s dark snapshot of the reality of this modern fairy-tale. Hopefully her book will be a force for good’ Evening Standard‘A poignant book’ Elle‘This book has an important purpose’ Times. Hers is a salutary tale of abuse in plain sight