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PHOTO BY JUN SATO

Saturday 20th September, 07:58 AM JST

Japanese supermodel Ai Tominaga, 26, attends the Longchamp 60th Anniversary Celebration Arty party at Modapolitica in Tokyo on Friday.

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presto345 at 09:01 PM JST - 20th September

Looks like a very skinny bloke, but then this is how supermodels are supposed to look. You don't find girls like this in porn, as guys really don't fancy them.

Well said, Patrick. And the guys you refer too don't realize these women have hidden features they never get to explore. Ai is beautiful!
pizzaboy at 10:29 PM JST - 20th September

UGLY and FLAT, gross....
presto345 at 10:41 PM JST - 20th September

UGLY and FLAT, gross....

One day you find you have a daughter looking like her and you realize you lack the vocabulary to express your feelings just like now . . .
cwhite at 11:16 PM JST - 20th September

I'm sure she has plenty of health problem. Probably faints every morning, has cold feet ,headaches, and lacks stamina.
vettegirl at 12:03 AM JST - 21st September

Ai is a typical supermodel---very tall, very skinny, with a masculine face. Clothes drape better on tall skinny preying mantis-types. Designers also dont want T&A to distract from the clothes. The consumer should look at the clothing, not the body of the woman wearing it. Also, angular faces photograph better than round, soft faces. A person can be attractive in real life and photograph badly and vice versa. A face photographs well when the light reflects off of planes, so strong sharp faces are ideal for models. High testosterone in men accounts for sharper jaws and chins and angular faces. Thats why models faces tend to be very manly (ie Gisele)
presto345 at 12:26 AM JST - 21st September

vettegirl, Thank you, I like your post a lot. You are someone who has something meaningful to say and actually relates to the subject which most posters have not been able to comprehend.
chibaman at 01:03 AM JST - 21st September

The design is rubbish and has little use off the catwalk. And as for the dress, well it's just hideous.
lipscombe at 01:13 AM JST - 21st September

I like her
bushlover at 01:21 AM JST - 21st September

Personally I'd like to see where that leg goes. I don't care how many people say how 'manly' she is.
GW at 02:36 AM JST - 21st September

presto

I wud have no problem if her look is natural but like most here we believe she is starving herself to look like THAT to be a "super model".......

I`d be willing to bet we are right that she is living off of H20 fumes with a few tea leaves in there for sustenance in order to look like that, she will pay in the end, I highly doubt she eats regular meals & looks the way she does. Its highly unlikely.

IMO she is likely starving herself & her "figure" is not natural, but I will hold out for the slight possibility however small that is that she is for real.

BTW this is my opinion for ALL these freaky skin on bone type "models", the ones who starve themselves totally gross me out, which I suspect make up 99.99999999999999% of the "super models" out there at any given time, no thx
bushlover at 03:48 AM JST - 21st September

Many people assume before knowing and etch their thought in electrons on JT for all those who care to see. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
Samuraiiki at 04:57 AM JST - 21st September

the scarecrow
Azrael at 06:43 AM JST - 21st September

I don't understand those complaining how skinny she is. Most Japanese tarentos or celebrities seem to be around the same overall body shape, except for the height.

vettegirl at 12:03 AM JST - 21st September described in general the requirements for supermodels nowadays, quite effectively. Supermodels are not anymore after the image of Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista or Christie Brinkley (toned, svelte but with curves). Nowadays, supermodels are more after the image of Kate Moss. Fortunately, some steps (starting in Madrid's catwalks) are being taken to prevent excessive glorification of skeleton-esque figures, since models have already died from eating disorders and young (and not so young), impressionable girls fall prey to eating disorders trying to meet the Kate Moss standard.
sweetsntreats2 at 12:34 PM JST - 21st September

Anyone remember Twiggy? This is not a new look or some "sign of the times". Simply put, clothing designs are best presented on skinny models. They can flow and create long and sweeping lines.
Azrael at 05:03 PM JST - 21st September

I wasn't born when Twiggy was around. This to put into perspective Twiggy's heyday was a long time ago; however, fashion returns.

It is not true that designs always look best on skinny models. At Twiggy's time, fashion design called for flowing garments that didn't require curves beneath them. Before Twiggy if I am correct, there was Raquel Welch, Catherine Denueve and Brigitte Bardot. Way before them, the Gibson Girl. So yes, there have been times in which curvy women with exuberant bosom and child-bearing hips have been the best figure to present fashion. It seems like both images, the twig and the wasp, alternate in time. I think Sophia Loren and her line of fashion and makeup is an example on how both trends can rule parallel, since she's been around for a very long time by now and is still considered Chic.

Personally (and not being twig) I prefer fashion presented by realistic bodies. Skeletal-esque models are not very realistic, even worse considering the global trends.