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„You can’t keep chasing this impossible thing” : (De)construction of the ageless beauty mythology and challenges of ageing in fashion modelling landscape

Last few years fame and celebrity issues have become more visible in social sciences and humanities, creating incredibly stimulating interdisciplinary field. Although it is a relatively new area of academic interest it seems that some important issues still remain invisible. World of fashion, and particularly world of fashion modelling industry, for decades has produced a special kinds of celebrities – fashion models celebrities. Modelling as profession and public supermodel persona are both permeated with ambivalent and contradictory meanings – on the one hand „the beauty myth“ (Wolf 1991) is being differentiated and pluralized, but on the other hand youthful appearance and super-slender body still remain dominant standards in the context of fashion / modeling / media landscape.

modelling, ageing, autobiography

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