Skinny VS Curvy

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Let’s start with the relevant booty perspective….

…And I guess we need the frontal view too:

Tight Grey Jeans Look Better on… Sienna Miller VS Kim Kardashian!

Let’s hear it!

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Busty MadMen hottie Christina Hendricks (34) showed up at Elton John’s party the other day in a dress that was 3/4 skin-tight-figure-hugging-lingerie-like and 1/4 puffy-bubble-like.

Still showing off those famous upper curves!

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So hear this out: Vogue Italy launched a magazine (see the website here) called “Vogue Curvy”, a concept that is represented by the slogan “Beauty Comes in All Shapes and Sizes”. That’s quite something… considering that it’s coming from VOGUE!

What I don’t get is this:

1. Their definition of “curvy” – it seems that in their book “curvy” is everybody who isn’t very skinny, apple shapes, hourglass shapes, plus-size women, average-sized women, all of them (except, of course, skinny women). Otherwise I can’t understand why they chose Liv Tyler as one of their “Curvy Icons” (when Liv is a slim apple shape?!) and said that she is known for her “generous curves”. Other celebrities that are featured in the magazine include America Ferrera, plus-size model Johanna Dray, Christina Hendricks, Crystal Renn, Tyra Banks and Lizzie Miller (wow, that post has 221 comments!).

2. Why you need another a different magazine for the “curvy” women – why mixing the “curvy” (read average, non-skinny, plus-size and all the other types, sizes and shapes) girls with the skinny girls in the same magazine is simply NOT possible. Why?

3. In the same context, Vogue Italia also launched Vogue Black.

What do you think about this initiative? Is it something you appreciate or is it a bit offensive?

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Remember THIS STORY?

The same designer that was abandoned by some of his team for using bigger models last year is back – this time, Mark Fast used a bunch of (some call them “plus-size”, some call them “real-size”) non-skinny models during his show at 2010 London Fashion Week, who walked the runway together with the skinny, typical models.

As his representatives said before, the idea behind this initiative is to show that…

“We wanted women to know they didn’t have to be a size zero to wear a Mark Fast dress – curvier women can look even better in them.”

Hmm… I don’t really get their message when looking at these pictures. Facts are, these extra tight and stretchy, knitwear dresses in nude tones aren’t extremely flattering on these size 12 models. Even more, it looks like the dresses are a bit too tight (on the arms, bust) and the underwear / stockings they wear underneath are not the best choices either.

I bet that these size 12 girls could have looked really great in dresses with more structure or in any classic silhouette designs.

What are your thoughts?

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Christina Hendricks was spotted at the Badgely Mischka show 3 das ago during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week… and she wore a see-through / lacey black top that revealed her bra. And with this occasion, Christina also shared a few thoughts on style and fashion:

“I’ve learned about tailoring, tailoring, tailoring. I don’t think I ever walk into a shop anymore and think, ‘Oh, I love it, I wish it fit.’ I think, ‘Oh, I love it. Let me go make it fit.’ Jeans I don’t generally have to tailor, but I have to oftentimes with tops because I’m a bit curvy. I’ve learned what’s flattering on me and what works for me.”

And which are Christina’s favorite colors?

“It’s that kind of color that redheads aren’t supposed to wear that I love. That sort of ballet-pink color.”

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