'There were still stylists or designers at that time who were putting me in their shows, but putting me something that really covered my body.'
this past January, the model revealed he was the first designer who cast her to walk in Paris when she was fresh out of high school.
"At the time I was still starting out in my career, I was coming out of high school, I still had my volleyball body," she said. "It was a body that I loved. I knew how hard I worked to have those muscles, to be curved in those places – I kind of miss it now. At the time, people were hard on me and tried to say that I didn’t have a runway body."
"There were still stylists or designers at that time who were putting me in their shows, but putting me something that really covered my body," Gigi added. "For him to make me feel like he wanted me to shine in that way, it really meant a lot to me as a young model. And I know that he has done that for a lot of people."
The fashion industry, especially in the luxury fashion sphere, has always been known for its unrealistic portrayal of women's bodies and the subsequent body shaming that stems from it. Fashion is a hard industry, particularly to those models that fall above a size zero. Even models like Gigi, who have gone on to soar in the industry, have experienced this kind of negativity towards their bodies.
Thankfully, Gigi pushed through and, clearly, the cards were in her favor. However, it should be noted that even during that time, Gigi still had a body type that is far from the average size of an American woman. Curve and
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