14 DAY TRIAL // She is one of the most famous Angels from Victoria’s Secret, as well as one of the celebrities who, despite being 36 and a mother of three, continue to be assaulted by offers from the biggest fashion magazines. Yet, a model Heidi Klum is not and could never be, renowned designers are telling the media, now that Klum is about to launch the latest season of Germany’s Next Topmodel.
Legendary German designer Wofgang Joop, 64, is saying for Bild magazine that Heidi Klum is the last person who should be on the panel judging the country’s next supermodel, since she herself could never pull off such a feat. According to Joop, Heidi is simply too fat to be a catwalk queen, while also having the opposite of what the fashion industry is looking in terms of a woman’s body.
“No way. She is no runway model! Heidi Klum is simply too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde – that is commercial!” Joop tells the aforementioned publication. Moreover, it seems, he is not the only one to think so, as Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most iconic designers of our times, is also of the same opinion. Heidi Klum would not be able to make the cut on her own show, he also believes. “I don’t know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is.” Lagerfeld also says.
The problem with Heidi, it seems, is to be found in her body, which does not fit the standards imposed by the fashion industry. As model agency head Louisa von Minckwitz explains, while still a gorgeous and successful woman, Klum would never cut it as catwalk model. “Heidi has hips and curves. Ideal measurements for a catwalk model are 87-58-88. Heidi has 91-69-94. At 1.76 meters she is five centimeters too short. But, despite everything, she is a dream woman, an advertising icon and a superstar.” she says, as quoted by Bild.
With all the harsh criticism coming from some of the biggest names in the industry, there is no denying Heidi Klum’s popularity. Her recent photo spread, for GQ magazine, now on newsstands, for instance, has had quite an impact, especially since clothes were not included in the equation at the shoot.