I agree with you, Taylor. Sadly, many women aren't immune to this either. This is why the fashion business is so big. Or these women play into it as long as they are young, single, and their bodies hold out. Others become compulsive about the shopping, buying way more stuff than they really need, in an attempt to reach the impossibly high media standards of beauty.
But, there are also the women who choose the opposite route and they give up. Or, they refuse to play into it. These are the women that so many CDers in this forum complain about: the ones who wear jeans, no makeup, sneakers, etc. The women who long ago came to realize they will never have a model's face and body, so they see the futility in trying to look like one.
And then there are the middle of the road women, like me.
But, my point I guess was rather about this ideal "image" that it seems many CDers chase (although I may be wrong), which makes me question whether it is really just about the clothes rather than wanting to attain what I consider to be a fake beauty ideal. I say "fake" because it is largely contrived by the fashion industry, with great marketing, models that look like a very small percentage of the real women out there, and lots and lots or air brushing.
