Big Girl in a Big Dress

[Nylah]

so Christina Hendricks got villified in some fashion maven's blog.....

from CNN

<span style="font-weight: bold">In the second item, written by Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn, &quot;Mad Men&quot; actress Christina Hendricks was taken to task for wearing a peach-colored strapless gown that, in Horyn's opinion, wasn't a &quot;game-changing dress that people would talk about.&quot; <span style="color: #990000">She also quoted an anonymous stylist as saying, &quot;You don't put a big girl in a big dress. That's rule number one.&quot;</span>

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and we wonder why girls have body images. Here is the picture causing the flack against this woman.( She is the one iin the middle. But look at Mariah and the other girl who are technically &quot;bigger boned&quot; than she is) Yeah she has a rack on her (so do I for that matter) but she is no kind of fat

[CyberPhobic]

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Mi kanfyuzze, but it muss be becaz mi nuh bizniz wid wha white peeple say an do bout dem one a nodda.

[Nylah]

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For quick finga Ceabee who deleted her original post

This the the article in its entirety from CNN on the subject. You (universal kind) if the blogger was being complimentary or not.....

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(CNN) -- Awards season can be brutal on actresses.

Commentators and bloggers may criticize outfits and the people in them, making uncomplimentary remarks about hair, makeup or -- worst of all -- weight fluctuations.

This awards season has been no different. Though the Golden Globes were on Sunday, fashion lovers are still picking at the bones of what the stars wore, issuing dictums on what was hot and what was not.

But this time some of the fire has been aimed at the critics -- most notably The New York Times, which posted two separate blog items Monday that riled Web observers. Postings about the Times entries said they crossed the boundary between commenting on style and passing judgment on physique.

The first of the Times items, written on its fashion blog by Andy Port on &quot;The Moment,&quot; inquired whether or not some of the actresses seen at the Golden Globes on Sunday had &quot;put on a little weight,&quot; and suggested that the evidence could be seen in their upper arms, while noting that the actresses newly developed &quot;curves&quot; are sexy.

In the second item, written by Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn, &quot;Mad Men&quot; actress Christina Hendricks was taken to task for wearing a peach-colored strapless gown that, in Horyn's opinion, wasn't a &quot;game-changing dress that people would talk about.&quot; She also quoted an anonymous stylist as saying, &quot;You don't put a big girl in a big dress. That's rule number one.&quot;

The controversy was compounded by the allegation that the Times ran a doctored photo of Hendricks that made her appear more squat. The Times has since posted a note that said the photo was altered inadvertently due to an error in routine processing.

Some were upset by the post, particularly by the use of the word &quot;big.&quot;

&quot;They bothered me because they called her a big girl, because she's by no means a big girl -- the only thing big about her is her chest,&quot; said celebrity blogger Cara Harrington. Another blogger, fashion editor Vanessa Raphaely, said that by calling Hendricks &quot;big,&quot; the Times was &quot;stretching the definition of the word.&quot;

The New York Times declined comment on the controversy, but style expert Sharon Haver defended the posts.

Horyn didn't break any rules by quoting the anonymous fashion stylist, said Haver -- and that's indeed how stylists talk about clothes.

&quot;That's a stylist's brain talking about how a garment could look the best,&quot; Haver said. &quot;[In fashion] the person wearing it is there to convey the dress in the best light. I don't think we should take it personally -- if he was selling the dress, he would put it on someone else. But, it wasn't a shoot for the dress, it was about the actress, so it's personal now.&quot;

To top it off, she said, imagine how many anonymous fashion bloggers were doing the very same thing Horyn did, which, in Haver's view, was simply state an opinion.

&quot;I personally wouldn't say that they put on weight -- they look more toned and more muscular. But that's her opinion, and she did say sexier curves,&quot; said Haver.

Heather Blessington, who runs the body image blog, &quot;We are the Real Deal,&quot; agreed that the fuss is likely the target of misinterpretation.

&quot;Andy is saying, 'Wow, those women put on weight and they look great,' &quot; Blessington said. &quot;I think she tried to be sincere that these women put on the weight in a good way, and I think people took it and ran with it because they're sick of it, any kind of commentary that people are too fat/too thin.&quot;

Although she makes a living on watching the industry, Harrington believes that we're missing the point on why the actresses were at the Globes in the first place.

&quot;They're no longer about who wins what; they're about the two-hour pre-show. When you go online, you want to look for who wore what and how they look in it,&quot; she said.

Part of the problem, she said, is that we've gotten used to the idea that actresses should look like models -- to the point that actresses, and not models, are prominently featured on magazine covers.

&quot;[The media have] realized how marketable Jennifer Aniston's face is,&quot; she said, &quot;and it's overwhelmed what they actually do, which is acting.&quot;

[Boopie2]

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Women shouldn't take them to heart, some people think Racheal Zoe looks good. That dress is ugly no matter who tried to wear it.

[Boopie2]

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Life &amp; Style reports:

Even though reality star Khloé Kardashian recently shed 25 pounds, bloggers were calling her a “monster beast,” “Kong,” “Bigfoot” and a “fat skunk” after she walked down the aisle in her fairy-tale Vera Wang wedding gown and tied the knot with Lamar Odom on Sept. 27.

And fellow reality stars added to the unfair ridicule. Supermodel Janice Dickinson attacked the star saying, “There’s no way she would become a fashion icon. Khloé looks like a heifer.” And Spencer Pratt recently said, “Khloé still needs to work out more. I recommend she go to theheidimontagworkout.com so she can get fantastic curves like my wife’s.”

But the feisty newlywed, who dropped from a size 10 to a 6, isn’t taking the comments laying down. “Everyone criticizes me about my weight all the time,” Khloé tells Life &amp; Style. “It’s easy for me to be like some other girls in Hollywood — not eat and become anorexic — but thank goodness I am strong-willed and secure with myself.”

Self-confidence didn’t always come easy for the Kourtney &amp; Khloé Take Miami star.

“When I was a chunky little 8-year-old and I had these two beautiful sisters, I’d wonder, why don’t I look like that?” Khloé remembers. “Now I hate it when people compare me to my sisters. Kourtney’s 5 feet, I’m 5-foot-10 and Kim is 5-foot-2. I will never look like them. No matter how skinny I am, that body will never be mine.”

Still, the attacks continue. “Khloé should be put out to pasture,” Janice Dickinson says. “She should be kept in the stables along with the rest of that family. I think she’s a little pig. The whole family is piglike.”

Comments like that once would have left Khloé in tears. But these days, she’s brimming with confidence thanks to her new healthy diet and fitness plan.

“Khloé’s in the best shape of her life, and millions of people would kill to look like her,” Kim told Life &amp; Style as she was leaving STK restaurant in LA on Oct. 2. So even though Khloé was unfairly ridiculed on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, in the end she’s getting the last laugh: She has the perfect body and the perfect man.

“Way before, I was a size 10. Then I went to an 8, and now I’m a 6,” Khloé tells Life &amp; Style. “I don’t think with my bone structure I could get much smaller than a 6. This is my body — and I love it.”


Whoa, those comments coming from Janice are pretty mean. And Spencer is funny, let’s all laugh, haha.

I’m no fan and I dislike the fact that these sisters talk so much about their weight (and pose oh-so-oftenly in bikinis), but being called “heifer” as much as Khloe does can’t be pleasant.

[seemiyah]

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I figure they must have been talking about her chest being big, cause that is the only big part on her body. On a side note Christian the guy that won project runway is the one that designed her dress, I don't care for it, he should have taken off the ruffles.

[Boopie2]

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Her skin tone and the color of the dress just doesn't hit it. You're right those ruffles don't help matters.

Her makeup sucks too.

[Wendy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I figure they must have been talking about her chest being big, cause that is the only big part on her body. On a side note Christian <span style="font-weight: bold">the guy that won project runway is the one that designed her dress</span>, I don't care for it, he should have taken off the ruffles. </div></div>

That explains it ..dat bway love some ruffles. Im all design men's clothes wid ruffle pan it.

Anyway I was catching the fashion Police last night critiquing women on the red carpet and the people on the show always referred to heavy chested women as &quot;BIG&quot; and laughing at them too. Mi had to shake mi head .. mi sey Hollywood is in a category by themselves mi a tell yuh.

For example, they were calling Mariska hargitay Big and frumpy

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[Boopie2]

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Well she is frumpy looking.

[FrenchTickla]

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mi know rachel zoe head bigga dan har body but it look like dem a use dis new angle when dem tek picture weh mek people look like real big head bud

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Boopie2</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div>

[Nylah]

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well the chatter was that they meant the whole of her was big because she used to be skinnier before and has acknowledged that she has gained some weight. Either way she isnt big, chubby, thick at all so the comments are outta order in my books.

[tsophra]

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aside from Mariah..I don't know the players so i'm trying to understand who is the &quot;big girl&quot;

and (personally) i'm super weight conscious..at least I thought I was..ish..they would proabably say I'm HUGE..


eta..mariah is a bit on the thicker side..but not in a bad way