With Schiaparelli-Inspo Legs, Lauren Wasser Is Model of the Year for Glamour Germany
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Lauren Wasser by Daniella Midenge for Glamour Germany
With Schiaparelli-Inspo Legs, Lauren Wasser Is Model of the Year for Glamour Germany AOC Body
Lauren Wasser [IG], the courageous, striking, sexy woman who emerged as a symbol of strength and resilience after surviving toxic shock syndrome, is the “Model of the Year 2023” for Glamour Germany. We know Wasser for her golden legs, captured in these images by Daniella Midenge [IG] in Paris.
As Wasser reaches wide recognition in fashion world, she is to AOC a public representation of the ancient myth of a phoenix rising from the ashes.
And with her golden blades, Wasser’s phoenix identity is now transformed into the Greek goddess Nike. Double Greek metaphors in one paragraph is a brain-buster. I’ve never done it ever, and I fully break down my thinking in the main post.
A Near-Death Experience
In 2012, Lauren Wasser was a 24-year-old model who saw herself as an ace on the basketball court, when she fell victim to TSS, a rare but life-threatening condition often associated with the use of super-absorbent tampons.
Lauren Wasser by Daniella Midenge for Glamour Germany
A severe malaise quickly became a 107° fever. With a total collapse of her human body operating systems in play, doctors gave Wasser a one percent chance of survival. Then they placed her into a life-saving, medically-induced coma.
The severity of her illness resulted in the amputation of both of Lauren's legs, forever altering her life. That reality is even more complicated, considering that Wasser lost her first leg at the knee when she went into shock. Amputating her other leg was a willful, quality-of-life decision made late in 2017.
Lauren Wasser’s Luxury Brand Legs
The challenge with beauty standards is not to jam them down people’s throats. And to keep them wide and varied. In her presentations, Wasser is quick to name multiple personal attributes that are far more important than physical beauty.
In her case, Lauren Wasser has shattered societal beauty norms with a pair of luxury brand legs.
Daniella said “Those are Schiaparelli legs” and I responded “YES!” The visual reference was perfect, and Anne intends to run with it.
