Heidi Klum Is Not Fat
A German designer called her “too heavy to model.” What.
Supermodel Heidi Klum has brushed off criticism of her weight by refusing to diet – insisting she already has the perfect figure for the catwalk. The 35-year-old mum of three was verbally attacked by German designer Wolfgang Joop last month for being “too heavy” to model.
But Klum insists she has never been the type to starve herself – as looking after her children and pop star partner Seal is more than enough to keep her in shape.
She says, “I was never a diet sort of person. But when I started to model, I knew already that I would have to watch what I ate and for example, stop eating wiener schnitzel (Austrian dish of fried veal). My children are my best workout and I am of course also busy with my husband.”
Here is a picture of her at the Oscars.
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I wish she’d just ignored him. All the talk is only getting that idiot designer more publicity, which, I’m sure, was exactly what he was after when he made those comments.
If Heidi Klum gets any thinner, we won’t be able to see her. Seriously, that Joop guy must want walking corpses to model his clothes.
Well, this confirms the ridiculousness of the standards set by sample sizes and designers. If Heidi Klum is “too heavy”…does he want her to lop off a limb or something?
Who else wants her dress from that photo? It’s fantastially over the top, I WANT ONE!
I laughed my arse off at her comment “and I am of course also busy with my husband.”
What a woman! I love Seal’s music too. They are a cool couple. That designer is a complete w&nk.
I like Tim Gunn’s (Heidi’s friend) response to this nonsense:
“If she’s fat, other women should throw themselves off a train. I can wrap my hand around her bicep.”
Attention whore in Aisle 9! Seriously, who would have heard of this guy if he hadn’t found an insulting way to link his name to Heidi Klum, who is only 5 billion times more famous than he will ever be.
*headdesk*
That’s really all I have.
Wasn’t Heidi coming down on models on some show in Europe not too long ago for being too fat? It’s all just ridiculous!
And this confirms, once again, that designers are lazy, uncreative, slackers. It’s not that there’s a dearth of plus-size buyers, it’s that designers don’t want to tackle the challenge of designing for plus-size people. If that designer was really worth his salt, he’d roll out some amazing plus-size fashion and totally ROCK the catwalk. Instead, he has to stick with the status quo of designing for two-dimensional figures.
/me rips out hair in frustration
And this confirms, once again, that designers are lazy, uncreative slackers. It’s not that there’s a dearth of plus-size buyers, it’s that designers don’t want to tackle the challenge of designing for plus-size people. If that designer was really worth his salt, he’d roll out some amazing plus-size fashion and totally ROCK the catwalk. Instead, he has to stick with the status quo of designing for two-dimensional figures.
/me rips out hair in frustration
The designers are following–a little/lot late–the incredibly wide gap that developed in income between those who made most and average income earners. Increased by like 300 in the last decade. The designers have created the “super skinny” group as the ultimate “you’re not in it” clique. They’re missing the boat. It is truly tacky these days to spend excess funds on crap like $1700 waste baskets. And it is also truly tacky to look like you have nothing better to do than starve yourself and exercise endlessly so you can fit into expensive clothes. Heidi Klum has a real career, a real family, a real husband, and she is really gorgeous.
Dude…. if your design won’t look good on Heidi Klum — who’s thinner than 98 percent of American women — then your design won’t flatter anyone.
“If she’s fat, other women should throw themselves off a train. I can wrap my hand around her bicep.”
Sarah’s Tim Gunn quote irritates the heck out of me. It may be “flattering” to Heidi Klum, but he basically just said to ME that my life is not worth living and I should kill myself, stat.
I have no doubt that Mr. Gunn didn’t mean it that way, but that careless way of expressing his thoughts just goes to show how screwed up our ideas about size have gotten.