Gisele Bündchen has returned to H&M. For its fall/winter 2013 campaign, H&M has enlisted the 32-year old supermodel. The campaign will launch in late August. Though officials have not released the exact figures of Bündchen’s H&M contract, it is predicted to be in the $3 million to $5 million range. Last year, Bündchen’s was rated by Forbes as the highest paid model at $45 million dollars in annual earnings.
Bündchen has had major campaigns from such iconic brands that range from Chanel to Versace to Esprit to Victoria’s Secret. The campaign was shot last week on the streets of London.
Elle Quebec Embraces Plus-Size Model
“Thin’s where it’s been, but fat’s where it’s at,” crooned Totie Fields, a 70’s popular comic. Well, not quite just yet, but things are a’ changing.
For the May issue of Elle Quebec, plus-size model Justine LeGault graces the cover. Now, at a size 14, most consumers would not call LeGault fat or plus-size, particularly when the size of the average American woman is a size 12. Still, in the fashion industry the standard size for female models, particularly those front and center on fashion publications is a size 2 to size 4.
Elle Quebec celebrates LeGault curves by showing her entire voluptuous frame from head to toe on the cover. “The fact that I only got positive feedback about my ELLE cover truly makes me happy. It seems people aren’t so shocked anymore to see curves in the medias [sic]. This is great news!,” details LeGault on her Facebook page.
Elle Quebec is not the first fashion publication to put a plus-size model on its cover. Plus-size model Tara Lynn has graced the covers of French Elle and Vogue Italia.
More Fallout from Bangladesh
An engineer that warned that the eight-story factory complex in Bangladesh was unsafe the day before the April 24th collapse has been arrested by police. Engineer Abdur Razzak had been called by the owner of the factory to examine the cracks in the concrete pillars the day before the collapse. Though he warned of impending disaster, thousands of mostly female workers were allowed to work the morning shift the next day. Police arrested Razzak because he was involved in the original construction of the building. Razzak’s arrest makes the ninth person arrested in the April 24th disaster. To date over 500 deaths have been recorded.
Bangladesh’s garment exports is a $19 billion a year industry with many Western retailers taking advantage of the country’s duty-free access laws. Sixty percent of Bangladesh’s export clothing goes to Europe. About 3.8 million people work in factories in Bangladesh, with many workers making as little as $38 a month.
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