Nothing moves during fashion week unless the clothes fit. A breakout, a bad haircut, even a bad cold — those are all temporary problems solved under stage lights by the miracle workers we call makeup artists and hairdressers. But let a skirt be five centimeters too tight? That’s enough to end a season.
The whisper — “she’s put on a few” — spreads through fashion land at lethal speed, costing a model her bookings and her agency up to 40 percent of every lost commission. Fashion month — New York, London, Milan, Paris, sometimes Tokyo — isn’t just a glamorous sprint, it’s half a year’s income riding on the line.
Skinny jeans may be out, but skinny is still very much in.
Everyone in the fashion business who needs it to get down to fighting weight and can afford it uses some form of GLP-1 — whether micro-dosing or committing to weekly injections. For me, it was a revelation. I used to work out twenty hours a week and eat six days out of seven like a Swiss heart surgeon just to stay lean. Then menopause arrived, and despite the same discipline, the pounds crept on — slow, stubborn, and immovable.
Enter the GLP-1s.
Midlife and menopausal micro-dosing has been a godsend for controlling hormonal weight gain.
Serena Williams just partnered with Ro.co and went on the Today show to say so out loud — proof the stigma is over. If Serena can add GLP-1s to her training regimen to lose post-pregnancy pounds, then no one should feel stuck at a weight that won’t budge, no matter how well she eats or how hard she trains. That’s her story. It’s mine, too.
Under medical supervision, I lost about a pound a week on Ozempic. Once the ten “menopause pounds” were gone, I cut the dose in half and now use it every two weeks to maintain. The cravings — fried food, wine, mindless chip-munching in front of Netflix — stopped. For years, I relied on quarterly seven-day fasts, guided by my longtime nutritionist Oz Garcia: protein shakes, plain tea, coffee, bone broth. Effective, yes, but punishing. The GLP-1s gave me the same results without the suffering.
Of course, they’re not a free ride to skinny town. Dehydration, nausea, even muscle loss are real risks — weight-bearing exercise is non-negotiable. But for me, they’ve turned the impossible into the manageable, and allowed me to keep showing up at fashion week sample size, even in my sixties.
Skinny Town Survival Kit
Reality Check: GLP-1s aren’t magic — hydrate and lift heavy or risk noodle arms.
Celeb Proof: Serena said it out loud on Today — stigma’s over.
Insider Tip: Midlife micro-dosing = manageable, not miserable.
Pro Note: Always start under medical supervision — this isn’t a DIY vitamin.
Sample size at 60? Possible. But chic comes from confidence, not the scale.