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Originally Posted by saphy
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This is what I got from Tim:
I convinced him to go to lunch with me so he could talk me through altering one of my mom’s old bedlahs…I told him that I had met the new model, and that I thought she was really pretty…I asked if she was considered “Full Size”? He raised his eyebrow and said “have you been reading Buhz”?
He said Loryn wears a size 18…”full size” is a shopping tool, not a indictment of someone’s value as a person (for those of you who have had the joy of meeting Tim, you know he refers to himself as a “big boned girl” only his personality is “full sized”)
She’s a gourmet’ pastry chef.
He said she looks more like Samira’s sister than her actual sister.
They just had her daughter in for a photo shoot of some new children’s stuff…he said she was so excited she practically vibrated through the first two costumes.
Tim obviously adores her, and said he is planning on using her as inspiration for new full size designs…so ladies, plan on seeing more of her.
She and the blond model (her name is Carla) have the same size hip and ribcage but Loryn’s cup size is smaller…but in the Unitards he said Carla is a L/XL, but Loryn is deffinately a XL
Model height info:
Samira is about 5’6”, Penny (fuller bust) is about 5’5”, Carla is 5’7”, Laura (tall and thin) is 5’9”, and Loryn is 6’
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The height/size info is interesting.
I LOVE Tim's description of "Full size" as being a shopping tool not an indictment of someones value as a person. I think we all carry around different judgments passed on to us by the media and it's refreshing to see more of the variety of beauty in the world portrayed on belly dance sites.
I'd love to also see beauties from a wider variety of ethnic backgrounds, a truly petite girl (under 5'4"), a petite, really curvy girl and a naturally very slender/athletic body type.
Someone mentioned a while back about the possibility of a non-muffin-top belt. Not exactly that, but related- a beautiful dancer friend of mine has some of her belts made to eliminate tummy pooch. The designer puts a pad on the inside front of the belt- so where her tummy would stick out a little over the belt normally, it just sticks out over the pad a little, giving her a smoother line in front. I don't know if I'm describing it well enough. But something like this might be possible at the back/side of the hips where women tend to have lovely (shimmylicious) hip padding. Just an idea.