Most women would be thrilled to be like Filippa Hamilton: 5-foot-10, 120 pounds and a size 4. But according to The TODAY Show, Ralph Lauren has fired her for being too fat.
“They said I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore,” the 23 year-old Filippa told Ann Curry. She said that the clothing company wrote a letter to her agent saying, “We’re terminating your services because you don’t fit into the sample clothes that you need to wear.” Check out the video:
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Filippa was already the center of a controversy about a badly-photoshopped photo of her looking unrealistically thin, with her body appearing smaller than her head. Honestly, when I first saw the photo I thought it was a case of emaciation. Isn’t that sad, that we expect models to look ridiculous and unhealthy?
Ralph Lauren denied that she was fired for being too big. “We consider her an important part of our imaging and branding,” the designer said in a statement to the media. “We regret that our relationship has ended as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us.”
Filippa denied that she did not meet her obligations; “I did everything that I could,” she said. ”I was very loyal to them. I was on time every time.”
What do you guys think? She’s obviously not fat, but she also picked an industry where she’s going to be under constant scrutiny. Do you think RL really fired her for being too big?
Comments
toofatforLauren
October 14th, 2009 - 12:51:41 PM
Maybe she's simply been dismissed because she's been the face of the Lauren brand for eight years? If that's the case then fine, but no one can claim she's too fat and can't meet her contract obligations if she's weighed 120lb the whole time... If clothes are getting smaller, well, it won't be long before Lauren alienates his core customers and loses business. It seems like nothing will change in the industry until consumers force designers to wise up by not buying their clothes.