[cartan]

I don’t mind fashion models being thin. If it’s beautiful, why not? What I hate, though, is the terrible walking style of today’s models. It used to be the case that mannequins knew how to walk in an elegant, ladylike style. Today, for some reason, they look like they’re trying to stomp a hole into the ground with every step, like Rumpelstilskin. It’s ridiculous.

[billthecat]

The stomping gait cracks me up. The reason for it, I believe, is to give the clothes movement as the models walk down the runway. We focus on the models, but the designers and the fashion professionals, who count, focus on the close. The runway walks are designed for them, not us.