Michael Kors on 14-year-old Models

Michael Kors recently talked to the Montreal Gazette about model body size and age. He explained:

"Models, by nature, are not supposed to look like you and me. They are exemplary. They have bone structure and height and lengths of leg that normal people don't have. But you want that to be based on genes, and if they're adults, you want that to be based on adults who take care of themselves. I think if you send out an army of robotic 14-year-old children dressed up in their mom's clothes, I think the reality is that it's a turnoff, unless you are in fact a robotic 14-year-old. Women say: 'Well. wait a sec, I wear a bra. I have to go to the office. Where are clothes that I can actually wear?'"

In a sense I can understand where Kors is coming from. He knows that women over 35 (his biggest market) see the clothes on the models and wonder how it will look good on themselves when it looks so amazing on the model. What I can’t figure out is if he feels like this why doesn’t he use older and plus size models?

The video below is his Spring/Summer 2010 show


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