After flipping through some French magazines, ive notice the tasteless trends of child exploitation. This is neither artistic, nor the proper method to child modeling. This is something I would expect from an adult model. To my surprise, some people still purchase these magazines and they simply look over the fact that someones child is being taken advantage of, shame on you Agencies. Yes, I said Agencies! The Agency along with the parents or guardians is solely responsible for these actions. You want your child to be famous so bad, you are willing to sale them to be exploited. Oh lets not forget the greedy Agent who has not put that childs interest at heart. Neither am I a rich Agent monetarily nor do I get all the social points people crave to feel like they are somebody. I may have lost a lot of things because of that, however I can sleep at night with a clear conscious. I can take it even farther by saying, when I meet my maker, he will ask me what did I do with my Agency that pleased him. I can tell my Father, I protected as many children as possible by not letting the World exploit them and I tried to teach them to give charity to those in need.. Parents I want you to read the article below!
Within the pages of the Tom Ford–guest edited December/January edition of French VOGUE, you’ll find amongst other things (like a Wild West–themed photo shoot titled “Pussy West” by Terry Richardson) a fashion layout with children as models.
Wearing tight dresses, sky-high stilettos, dazzling jewelry and vampy make-up, the baby-faced chanteuses featured in the spread (titled “Cadeaux,” meaning “gifts”) were approved by the magazine’s controversial editor, Carine Roitfeld. This is Roitfeld’s last issue, a departure after 10 years questioned by industry insiders: Did she leave on her own accord? Or was she fired due to shoots such as this one? Many are up in arms at these images, which appear to be her grand finalé ploy for attention (Christianity Today goes as far as calling the photos “an assault on little girls.”) Check them out and be your own judge:
French Vogue Grooms Its Youngest Models Yet
As we bid au revoir to French Vogue's controversial editor, Carine Roitfeld, let us spend a moment with the most controversial images from her final issue: kindergarteners in vampy lipstick and stilettos, languishing in bed and on a tiger-skin rug.
Roitfeld has been known to mockingly indulge the fashion industry's worst impulses. (See also: Plastic surgery erotica, "fat" model eating.) The spread, entitled "Cadeaux" (gifts), goes the full Pretty Baby.
Click on the images below to view the spread. Click here to view on one page.
When I first heard that Vogue Paris' December/January issue featured "children," I thought it was a reference to cover model Daphne Groeneveld, who is 16.
But then I saw the pictures! These are children-children. New York called them "6-year-olds," but I'm not sure if that's a fact or just an estimate.
They're not so young, though: Six years from now they could be walking international runways, like this girl, or be "fashion's favorite star," like Elle Fanning. This is perhaps related to the "complicated," "artful" message here.
I am of two minds on Vogue Paris' Toddlers in Tiaras edition. On one hand, it's straight out of the id of John Mark Carr, which is prima facie disgusting. On the other, Christianity Today has already named the images an "assault on little girls" (is that word really necessary?) and obviously I don't want to agree with them.
As a child, some lackadaisical guardian-of-a-friend allowed us to watch Pretty Baby, Brooke Shield's child prostitute movie, and the message I absorbed was, "I want makeup like that." (In retrospect: Were we being "groomed"?) So maybe these little girls will grow up to be bloggers.
Anyway! Youth and fashion: The inevitable conclusion. Good-bye, Carine. You will not be forgotten.
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