Sports Illustrated Swimsuit mannequin Ella Halikas gained latest consideration for re-creating a glance by actress Julia Fox. Now, the plus-size mannequin and content material creator is utilizing the second to make an announcement about trend for curvy girls.
“THICK GIRLS CAN ROCK THIS FIT TOO,” Halikas, a 24-year-old California native captioned a slideshow of side-by-sides of her and Fox sporting cropped white tank tops, mini white skirts with black patent leather-based gloves and boots to match. “This is not a ‘who wore it best’ post, cause I’m simply not here for women always being compared to one another. But what I am here for..is to highlight what an iconic outfit displayed on a thinner woman looks like on a curvier body type!!”
Halikas went on to handle society’s magnificence requirements and the way they’ve oftentimes made girls to really feel “that you can only pull off a fit like this if you’re thin or have abs.” Through her re-creation of the midriff-baring outfit, she proved that to be unfaithful.
The mannequin explains to Yahoo Life that the low-rise clothes pattern particularly “scares a lot of women” as a result of it is largely been proven on skinny our bodies.
“[The media] has never shown or celebrated a thicker, bigger body type wearing that same clothing. And if they do show it, it’s typically to make fun of that celebrity or person for wearing something ‘so unflattering’ for their body type,” she says. “I think it seems inaccessible to certain people because we often think that we have to have no belly fat and have a toned tummy to ‘rock’ this type of clothing.”
The challenge has been introduced up earlier than, as dimension inclusivity advocates analyzed the micro mini skirt pattern particularly. For Halikas, nevertheless, it was essential to demystify what curvy girls consider to be true by being an instance.
“Representation is so important to me, because if it weren’t for me seeing Ashley Graham on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2016 — someone who has a similar body type to mine — then I wouldn’t be here, doing what I am today,” she says. “I help inspire others to ‘wear the damn bikini’ and other clothing that society has made us all feel unworthy of wearing unless we are thin. I show people that you are enough the way you are, and you don’t need to change to feel beautiful and seen.”
Halikas explains that Fox’s look appeared like one to check out because the actress is “making waves in the fashion industry right now.” The mannequin even re-created Fox’s notorious black eyeliner with the assistance of make-up artist Michelle DeLorenzo.
“[Fox] motivates me in a creative/fashion way, and I’ve also been told by some of my followers recently that I resemble her in some ways — although, we have very different body types and sizes,” Halikas says of her present muse. “So when I saw her post this look on her Instagram, I immediately wanted to recreate it and show my audience what this outfit would look like on a curvier body. I’m so happy with how it turned out!”
While folks reacted to the pictures with a lot love and assist for Halikas and her mission to push for extra inclusive trend, she says that she’s not completed with this one look.
“I hope to continue pushing beauty standards and challenging these fashion misconceptions by keeping these conversations going and showcasing what different clothing looks like on a size 14 body,” she explains. “It’s important to talk about these issues and stand up to the injustices that the plus-size, curve community constantly faces within the fashion industry and society, in general.”
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