This image portrays the female beauty ideal in the early 1900s and the decades previous. The curvaceous and soft lines of her body represent the freedom of expression and the true, honest beauty of the female body. Women with this weight on their body nowadays could feel negatively about it due to today’s ideals, however, [...]
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Glamour Espana: My most beautiful flaw
When I read the title of the article, ?My most beautiful flaw? in the May issue of Spanish Glamour magazine, I was shocked to see the word flaw related to something positive. I kept on reading and realized that the article was more an illustrated report, featuring five models with special physical characteristics – usually [...]
Look’s curvy supermodel: Clothes modelling for real women, by real women?
The average British woman is a size 14. Yet the average model, the very platform for showcasing the clothes that ‘everyday’ women are going to buy, is a considerably smaller size 6. Surely, there’s something not right here? How can we judge fashion when we know that it’s not going to look the same on [...]
Nigella Lawson and the “Burkini” Debate
She is the British food writer and self proclaimed ‘domestic goddess,’ known equally for her Rubenesque figure as she is for her mouth watering recipes. So when Nigella Lawson was photographed on Bondi Beach dressed in what has been described as a “burkini,” it was guaranteed to spark a debate. Why did she cover up? [...]
ADVANCED STYLE
Advanced Style: Age and Beauty on Nowness.com. Here at All Walks we have been loving photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s blog Advanced Style for a little while now. Showcasing women who have honed their style credentials for generations, it is a wonderful resource of creativity and inspiration. The style of Cohen’s subjects is often high-maintainance but [...]
ADELE: A STAR WHO SHINES FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
It is quite rare to see a music star who appears as authentic as Adele does; both her voice and look are powerful and distinctive. Only 22 years old, she has proved that it is possible to be confident and successful at an early age. Although some may think that Adele does not fit current [...]
THE CHANGING FACE OF BLACK BEAUTY
The fashion industry plays a significant role in the way in which black women and most importantly, black beauty is defined. As an impressionable teenager I recall struggling to deal with the lack of black models in mainstream fashion magazines. It was frustrating to see yet another model styled to look androgynous or repeatedly featured [...]
ALL WALKS BOOK CLUB:
HOW TO TAKE PART? All you need to do is to buy the book, or even rent it from your local public libary, if you area student why not share with your peers,friends and housemates? THE RULES: no rules we want your opinion and you to feel free to share your voice on the All Walks [...]
VOGUE THE SHAPE ISSUE HAS GOT US ALL TWEETING…
Its time for the Size issue again, once a year this issue comes out in Vogue US this time with front cover girl Rhianna, looking slightly more femme fatale and less Hard as Nails as her usual Look. What made us here at All Walks want to take a glance at the magazine as well, [...]
ANATOMY LESSON BY VOGUE
Spanish Vogue has developed a fashion shoot which celebrates six different body types. Under the slogan ‘Anatomy lesson’, Vogue tries to prove that different female figures can be equally beautiful. Spanish famous faces have been chosen to portray the following six body types in the March issue: thin, curvaceous, athletic, petite, pregnant and tall. This [...]
Rimmel Girls film secretly at snapped event from Toilets…
After going through comments and feedback, Thinking what to Blog next as there is Always something but from the first post since LFW we wanted something fun, and what better then these Rimmel girls in the Toilet of the Snapped event doing a secret report have a look. Post by M.W
SNAPPED at the National Portrait Gallery
After our earlier London Fashion Week presentation, we took nine Rankin portraits to the the National Portrait Gallery. A record 4000 people came to celebrate individuality with us!