"Plus-size" supermodel Robyn Lawley covers the March issue of Australian Cosmopolitan, and she says she'd rather not be called "plus-size" anymore, thanks very much. (She's on her way to "ending the thigh-gap obsession" as the cover line touts.) In her interview with the magazine, Lawley says: "Personally, I hate the term plus-size. It's ridiculous and derogatory — it puts women down and it puts a label on them."
"Women love seeing women they can relate to," she continues. "It's not about the tiny 19 year-old model with no personality. People want to see curvier girls. 'Plus-size' modeling is in itself [a] very small [industry] — they just need more girls to do it, and more amazing straight-sized models going into it."
And then on her swimwear line in particular, she says a plus-size label is irrelevant, as she just wants it "to be the swimwear label that fits the best in the world." Which, yeah, it seems to be well on the way to achieving, as shown in a previous Aussie Cosmo editorial:
Lawley's agent Chelsea Bonner also spoke with Cosmopolitan for the feature, and gave an awesome quote describing the scene when Lawley first learned about the "plus-size" mantra: "I remember clearly the relief on her face when I said I didn't want her to change a thing about herself. I just wanted her to be a normal, healthy, active person and see where her natural shape was."
See, fashion industry — and sure, the world at large too: IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT REALLY.
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Photo credit: courtesy of Australian Cosmopolitan
