Disturbing

[kitanzi]

There's been some news lately about a (very little) backlash against super skinny models, and I say amen, I'm all for that. I never have understood why curves have become a horror and a dirty word in fashion and advertising. Obviously your mileage may and does vary, otherwise all the bony models wouldn't be making money. I don't get it, but then I'm hardly their demographic anyhow and wouldn't be even if I lost 100 lbs - I don't do glamour, even though I appreciate it.

I'm curious about the general attitude, though. I know the people likely to be reading this are not very representative of the "mainstream", but I'm still curious. Which of these women would you call more attractive, and why?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=416341&in_page_id=1879

Edit: You may want to also read the article. The woman in the bottom photo was told by the top woman (and many other "experienced" people) as part of some TV reality wanna-be-a-model show that she was too fat for fashion. Insanity.
For more information, a rather interesting interview, and another model style photo of the woman in the bottom photo check this out:
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=420299&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source=

(Thanks and credit to mosellegreen!)

Comments

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Absolutely - the bottom woman looks healthy in a way that the top woman does not. She really does have gorgeous legs and glowing skin. What really stumps me, and reinforces the idea that curves themselves are taboo, is the "striped sack" look of the dress the top woman is wearing. It may be the angle she's at, but that looks like it would turn Marilyn Monroe into a shapless blob.