Before I get to the subject of today’s discussion, I’d once again, like to thank the kind people who left comments in the previous post. How nice you all are, so nice, that I’m beginning to question if you actually exist… hmm.

I was thinking about models today and how the whole fashion world is kind of screwed up. Ha, what am I on about? Kind of? The fashion world is probably really screwed up. In fact, the world in general is one big fucked up mess. Humans are corrupted and impure as hell, so, this comes as no surprise.

Anyway…

How shall I even start this? Models. Some of them get paid millions simply because they struck the genetic jackpot and happen to have features which are popular amongst designers. Now, I realise I can’t expect models to be selected because of their personality, or intelligence or some sort of skill they may have. I mean, they are working in the fashion business, and fashion after all, is all about presenting a certain look. The whole industry is basically about visuals, what we can see. Not what we think, or how we feel, I guess.

That’s fair enough, designers select girls they believe enhance or compliment their designs. What I find kind of bizarre, is people admiring models and looking up to them and discussing how AMAAAAAZING they are. I doubt most of these girls personally know the models they admire, so, they are admiring them (most of the time) wholly based on their looks.

Ugh. We all need to remember that looks fade, quite rapidly, compared to the average time that we live for.

I’m not trying to say that I think models literally do nothing, I’m sure they’re very hard working at what they do, I just think the importance of their profession is over hyped. Not that I think what I want to do for a career is any better. I once read a quote in a book about graphic design stating, “We’re graphic designers, at the end of the day, we’re not exactly changing the world” which I completely agree with. I can’t stand the creative types, (such as designers) who go around with their head held so high, acting like they are divine beings, looking down upon other non-creative, mere mortals.

Although I absolutely love style and fashion. I’ve never been amazed by a model or looked up to one. I would rather look up to someone for reasons other than something they were lucky enough to be born with.

I just feel like, as a society we are constantly getting more and more shallow. Think back to high school, why are the popular people always conventionally attractive? I was called a nerd in high school every single day and constantly put down because… I was smarter than anybody else in my class. What kind of ridiculous social hierarchy was that anyway? Attractiveness at the top and intelligence at the bottom? I’m sorry but being ‘good looking’ isn’t going to save somebody’s life one day, those people that the popular people spend years teasing might go on to become doctors later.

I feel like these things are heavily influenced by the media and fashion. Actors, singers, models, most of them are ‘good looking’. It’s like we (especially young people) are constantly looking up to people and using them as inspiration merely based on their looks. From a young age, we’re almost subconsciously taught and conditioned towards a very particular standard of what constitutes attractiveness and what doesn’t. In a way, we are taught that good looks equate to a good person and anybody who doesn’t fit into that standard should be ignored.

I know that, as humans we are very visual beings, I definitely am. I’m obsessed with style and I just finished a degree in graphic design, so I understand that the way things look definitely influence the way we think and feel. I select items that suit my tastes, I’d never buy something that I’m not completely happy with. I never use the same way of thinking when it comes to people though. There are some fashion conscious people who you see, always surrounded by equally stylish people. As much as I love fashion, I never judge an individual’s clothing choice or the way they may look when I’m speaking to them. Most of my friends (as many little as I may have) don’t dress up to the extent that I do.

It seems to me, like we are fed specific images daily teaching us what beauty looks like, but beauty in people shouldn’t only be about looks. Looks are so subjective anyway, it (beauty) should be about more than physical looks, it should be about who that person actually is. After all, consciousness is a human gift and that in itself is far more intriguing and beautiful than what we happen to look like.

I feel like we are beginning to look at people the way we look at objects and I find it slightly sad.

I’m going to end this with a question. Why are supermodels, famous singers and actors paid more than scientists and doctors researching into potentially terminal diseases and trying to find cures? Is it just me, or are our priorities a little bizarre?