Although the modelling industry is changing very slowly, it wasn't so long ago that fashion was being shown by skinny, tall girls around 15 years old who started their modelling carrier even earlier. The choice of clothing, make-up and lighting made these young models look like grown-up women in the photographs. The Dream Line ensemble reflects on the double situation that arose from this phenomenon. The adult women were buying the clothes presented by the young girls, comparing their bodies according to these inadequate standards. On the other hand, adolescent girls observed similar fashion campaigns, based on which they began to perceive the adult female body in an unhealthy way. So, as I was photographing, I asked myself, what could this phenomenon have done to the global perception of the adult female body by women themselves? I photographed ordinary girls aged 9-12 years old who are slowly entering puberty and still straddling the line between the world of children and girls. Their bodies are starting to become more or less shapely, and their interest in fashion is growing. In contrast to the whole situation, I dressed the girls in my own clothes as an adult woman and, apart from the question posed above, I perceived the paradox of the whole situation.
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