Australian Story

The Shape Shifters (22x27)

Fecha de emisión: Ago 14, 2017

Supermodel Robyn Lawley and her agent Chelsea Bonner live on opposite sides of the world but they’re united in their mission: they want to change the way women are represented in the fashion industry. As teenagers, both were rejected by mainstream model agencies for being too curvy. Robyn Lawley, from Sydney’s western suburbs, had almost given up on her dreams of modelling when she crossed paths with agent Chelsea Bonner. Nearly a decade later, the two have blazed a trail for curvier models through the international houses of high fashion, with Lawley becoming the first plus-size model to feature on the covers of Italian Vogue and in the pages of Australian Vogue and land a contract with a top-end label Ralph Lauren. These two women are changing the face of an industry and challenging deep-seated ideas about beauty.