Gorgeous!

First of all, I have finally gotten over my own shock at realizing that when this luscious, gorgeous woman was born I was already 23 years old (ahem)!

Crystal Renn started modeling at the age of 14 and was quickly told to lose apparently almost a third of her body weight. When the subsequent weight loss led to a health crisis, she regained weight and re-emerged at a healthy size 12 and now enjoys a very successful career. She recently spoke out in support of comments made by British Vogue who has publicly asked designers for more realistic portrayals of young women, as opposed to the waif-thin aesthetic that is so prevalent in the fashion world. So we now love them..Anna Wintour, are you listening?

In the photo above, Renn is modeling for Jean Paul Gaultier and I frankly can’t think of a more beautiful woman to appear in such a stunning dress. Can it be that designers and the media are slowly realizing that woman are beautiful at all sizes? Is it also my imagination that perhaps European designers are a bit more on the ball about this? Gianni Versace did beautiful clothes for women of all sizes because quite simply, he loved women and there is yet another reason to mourn the tragic and early loss of that designer. But quite honestly, all it takes is one designer...then two..and then three, and slowly we will reach the tipping point where it will not longer even be necessary to include the “plus-size” before "model". Or simply "woman".

That reality alone is gorgeous beyond belief.