Unflinching exposé of fashion's dark, anorexic reality.
"Size Zero" takes you behind the glamorous facade of the modeling industry, revealing a world where beauty standards turn perilous. If you’ve been captivated by the allure of high fashion but want the unvarnished truth about the pressures models face, Victoire Dauxerre’s candid memoir is an eye-opener. It’s not just a cautionary tale, but a story of resilience and a profound commentary on our culture's obsession with thinness.
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ISBN: 9780008220495
Authors:
Victoire Dauxerre
Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 3.72
(rated by 1066 readers)
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A memoir of a brief career as a top model - and the brutally honest account of what goes on behind the scenes in a fascinating, closed industry. Scouted in the street when she was 17, Victoire Dauxerre’s story started like a teenager’s dream: within months she was on the catwalks of New York’s major fashion shows, and part of the most select circle of in-demand supermodels in the world. But when fashion executives and photographers began to pressure her about her weight, forcing her to become ever thinner, Victoire’s fantasy came at a cost. Food was now her enemy, and soon, living on only three apples a day and Diet Coke galore, Victoire became anorexic. An unflinching, painful expose of the uglier face of fashion, her testimony is a shocking example of how our culture’s mechanisms of anorexia and bulimia can push a young woman to the point of suicide. It is the story of a survivor whose fight against poisonous illness and body image shows us how to take courage and embrace life. Written with Valérie Péronnet.
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Unflinching exposé of fashion's dark, anorexic reality.
"Size Zero" takes you behind the glamorous facade of the modeling industry, revealing a world where beauty standards turn perilous. If you’ve been captivated by the allure of high fashion but want the unvarnished truth about the pressures models face, Victoire Dauxerre’s candid memoir is an eye-opener. It’s not just a cautionary tale, but a story of resilience and a profound commentary on our culture's obsession with thinness.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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