Lindsay Lohan and the Fat Clothes
We're just catching up on this, but apparently Lindsay Lohan has the occasional fat day. Huh. Maybe the stars really are like us! Posts with tag body image
We're just catching up on this, but apparently Lindsay Lohan has the occasional fat day. Huh. Maybe the stars really are like us! Style Lies: Muscle can turn into fat.
Filed under: Style Lies
This is one exercise myth that makes us all wary. But no matter how much you might want your fat to turn into muscle, it ain't ever gonna happen!London ditches initiative to ban 'size zero' models
Filed under: Runway Trends, Style in the News, Vintage and Retro
Despite the fact that men prefer size 10, the idea that skinny models = tons of women with body image issues has been a hot topic for crusading do-gooders for decades. But with all the outrage over the supposedly sickly-looking models, nobody's ever been able to put a stop to the anorexic reign of size zeros. Even now, the UK's best chance at banning "unhealthy" models in the looks like it's wilting away.
The British government has been eyeing new regulations that would require catwalk models to pay for a £500 ($933) health exam and certificate before they could do any work on the runway. While we think that seems kinda steep, it actually gathered a lot of support. Now, without similar bans in major fashion cities like New York or Milan, London is worried about all kinds of negative fallout -- especially at London Fashion Week.
Other, less-severe measures are being put in place to protect the health of British models, like promoting a drug and alcohol free backstage environment. Why alcohol-free?
[via Jezebel]
Men prefer size 10
Filed under: Style in the News
(Click the photo to see which sexy celebs have meat on their bones)
What's your idea size? Are you trying to cram into a size 12, or starving yourself into sizes only models can wear? If you're like most women surveyed by the UK's Fabulous Mag, your preferred size is probably a six.
Too bad most men don't agree.
Too bad most men don't agree.
Tip of the day: Rio grande
Filed under: Style Tip of the Day
Just about every supermodel working today hails from Brazil in particular. Think about it – Gisele Bunchen, Adriana Lima, Ana Beatriz Barros, Fernanda Motta, Raica Oliveria, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Isabeli Fontana, Alessandra Ambrosio, Raquel Zimmerman, Aline Nakashima. Even if you don't recognize the name, Google it and you'll certainly know the face.
It must be something in the water that gives them makes them so desirable -- such gorgeous faces, lush hair, itty bitty waists, round booties and big busts. Or maybe it's just South America's big "what up" to plastic surgery.
No matter. The point is they are all stunning. Even if you don't look like you hail from the exotic banks of Rio de Janeiro, you can still capture the same exotic lifestyle as all of these lovely ladies.
Tip of the day: Celeb favs, body
Filed under: Skin Care, Style Tip of the Day
The final installment of celeb favs. We know your sad that it's the last hoorah but don't cry, dry your eye because this one promises to bring a smile to your little face.
Here are the products that help get celebs body-ody-odies moisturized and looking right.
Here are the products that help get celebs body-ody-odies moisturized and looking right.
Model Mia Tyler saved from suicide by a last minute booking
Filed under: Celebrities with Style
The utterly beautiful Mia Tyler, once nearly committed suicide because of self-esteem issues. In her memoir that just came out she says she had problems with her body image, drugs and self mutilation.Continue reading Model Mia Tyler saved from suicide by a last minute booking
Tip of the day: Suit up part 4, Tall
Filed under: Clothing, Swimwear and Lingerie, Style Tip of the Day
Oh those lanky, leggy girls who can wear just about anything. Yes, that means the lucky few like Whitney Port, Blake Lively, Paris Hilton, and the fierce (and seriously scary) Naomi Campbell. We dedicate the last "Suit up" installment to those long ladies that we secretly despise for their limby... uh... ness.
Tip of the day: You are what you eat
Filed under: Style Tip of the Day
There is no denying the truth behind the phrase, "You are what you eat." A perfect example is the huge zit you always get after housing a greasy pizza. You can also put a positive spin on the saying and change the way you eat for good. Summer is the best time to kick start better eating habits for your skin, hair, body, and even your mind. There is so much juicy fruit and yummy grilled chicken around that it's easier to say no to macaroni salad and the ice cream man.
Dove's campaign for "Real Beauty" was Photoshopped
Filed under: Style in the News, Cosmetics, Skin Care
Remember when we were all in love with Dove because they ran an ad campaign featuring "real" women? Well, kind of real -- clearly they weren't going to use fat or unattractive people, but at least the women in the ads were of more normal stature, and not Photoshopped to completely unrealistic proportions.Or were they?
Continue reading Dove's campaign for "Real Beauty" was Photoshopped
Men really do prefer thin women
For a long time now there has been a problem in the fashion industry with clothes that are too tiny, being worn by models that are too thin, walking down runways that are probably too small. This, in turn, has affected the average celebrity who now also feels the need to wear a size zero in order to fit into designer sample clothing. And that has now changed the way we regular women feel about ourselves as well. The pressure from society and the media to be smaller and smaller is more intense than ever!But, one thing has remained constant in during the thin is in era. Normal men have professed their love for normal size women. Polls are always coming out claiming that men prefer real women with curves, or that guys like a girl with a little meat on her bones.
Not so, says Amanda Fortini, in this month's Elle Magazine. At 5'6" she actually got down to about 100 pounds, and says that men were actually much more into her at that weight. I was actually shocked to hear what she had to say about her experience as a super thin waif of a woman. Amanda wrote, "Many men, I quickly learned, really do like frighteningly lean women, whatever they may claim to the controversy. As an average, medium-size young woman, I was unremarkable, innocuous. As a skinny slip of a thing, I was something of a sensation. In restaurants and at parties, men flirted at me extravagantly...As a male friend once put it to me, semifacetiously, 'A little anorexia is hot.'"
Turns out that Amanda actually had a tropical parasite in her intestines, digesting her food for her. Hmm, are parasites the new binge and purge?
Anyways, men, I'd love to hear what you think. Is it true that someone who looks a little anorexic is hot? Be honest!
Via Big Fat Deal.
Fat and rich: Preferred by 3 out of 4 American women
Filed under: Style in the News
Ladies: would you rather have Jennifer Aniston's body, or a million bucks?
If the results from a new poll by Women's Day magazine and AOL Body are any indication, three out of four women would prefer to be wealthy...instead of healthy. This was in spite of the fact that 30 percent admitted feeling "uncomfortable or ashamed" about their bodies, and 37 percent said they wished they could "be thinner."
So...it'd be great to look like a celeb, but it'd be better to be loaded? I guess that makes sense -- when you're rich, everyone is basically required to say you look great, even if it isn't true. And with that kind of money you could buy an endless supply of fancy-shmancy body-shaping undergarments that might fool the casual onlooker into thinking you had a beach bod -- but wouldn't it feel better knowing you had the physique of a movie star?
I guess not. Regardless, you can read the entire poll for yourself in the February 12 issue of Women's Day, which is available in newsstands starting January 22.
Curvy women are smarter than skinny women
Filed under: Style in the News
Sick of guys who never make eye contact because they're so focused on your, um, more obvious assets? Tired of people assuming you're a bimbo just because you have a killer figure?
Never fear ladies! New research published in London's Sunday Times reveals that curvy women are smarter than those with straight or round bodies. Not only that, women with hourglass figures are more likely to have intelligent children.
Scientists think this might be part of the reason men are more attracted to women whose waists are smaller than their hips (even when compared to women who are slimmer overall).
So ladies, next time you get sick of looking at stick figure models, just remember: not only do real men find you more attractive, but, chances are, you're smarter than anyone you'll see on the catwalk.
