Why Fashion Maintains the Zero Frame!

When a trend plagues "the Media" and eventually the rest of the country, a small but steadfast group tries to locate the source. In the case of the size zero or less trend, who would we find at the birthplace?

In my research, I've found several fingers pointing toward straight men, gay men, and women as a cause for blame. People insist that straight men desire this figure, gay male designers prefer the clothes hanger look, and women place unattainable feats on their fellow females as a means of competition. All of these answers are somewhat credible, but I would have to say they are ALL WRONG!

Before I get to who I think is to blame, let's analyze this trend. I would have to say that the size zero stipulation is the most mundane thing to happen to the fashion industry. It has turned all of our models into cardboard cutouts rather than fabulous fashion figures.

Let's go back in time for a second and rediscover the fashion model. Twenty years ago, we hailed models who are still world renowned: Tyra Banks, Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Brooke Shields, Naomi Campbell...and the list goes on and on. Today, very few people can name a model that has such an influence as the women I've just recalled. Now, these women are in their thirties and forties with no prospects on the horizon to take their places.

After much deliberation, I have determined that Hollywood is to blame. Sure we've had lovely movie stars in the past, but actresses have penetrated the fashion industry and used the zero size to boot out the models.

Once, being a model meant gracing the covers of top fashion magazines and becoming the face of popular design houses. Models we considered otherworldly because you couldn't just find a gorgeous, thin, 5'11 woman around every corner. So, in order to redefine beauty and infiltrate the industry that promotes it, actresses had to get rid of the beautiful beanstalks. Not everyone can grow to 5'11 or have unparalleled looks, but they can lose weight; Tori Spelling, Lindsay Lohan and many more have shown us how.

Now, the 5'3 Natalie Portman is on the cover of Vogue and the face of Christian Dior. Unfortunately, that means that the women on screen become more familar to the masses, and the models, once fashion's top representatives, just fade into the background.