Even though we are in 2014 plus size models still have a hard time in the fashion industry because they are being told they don’t fit the norm. However in the United States in 2013 72 percent of women wear sizes 12 and above even though the industry wants you to believe that is unacceptable.
A Perfect 14, directed and produced by Giovanna Morales and produced and directed and edited by James Earl O’Brien seeks to inform consumers and change perceptions by following three plus size models through their careers.
“This film explores the controversial term plus-size and the divisive influence it has on society by interviewing designers, photographers, standard models, agencies, magazine editors, industry leaders and plus-size pioneers in the meccas of the fashion world. It combines the stories of the models with an exploration of the largely ignored topic of weightism, one of the last acceptable types of discrimination. Interviewing experts in the field of fat studies and body image, the film also exposes the collective unconsciousness of size-based segregation. It also asks the question of the media’s responsibility in its single focus portrayal of thin role models and how it takes a heavy toll on the self confidence and body image of women.
A Perfect 14 will be released in 2014. Follow their facebook to stay up to date.
