Which celeb do you consider curvy?
A) Jessica Biel
B) Kim Raver
C) Anna Faris
D) Sophia Bush
E) All of the Above
F) None of the Above
If you answered “all of …
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It’s not that confusing. Curvy to me, means one with curves. You can be petite or thin with curves. I”m 5′, 110lbs and a size 2, yet I have a round butt that is more pronounced than average, and a distinct waist v. hip ratio–which is womanly i.e. curvy.
THAT is curvy.
I may not agree that all the women here are curvy, but curvy isn’t just a polite term for chunky.
photographs of celebs are a very tricky thing because these are often photoshopped to represent their accepted body image. it is not hard to lengthen legs with a computer, eg.
still we are discussing the perception of body image so these are still fair game.
women don’t generally describe themselves as ‘curvy.’ That’s an imposed attribute. On dating sites woman allow themselves to be called ‘full-figured’ if they are large. In the past large women sexualized themselves with the term ‘Rubenesque.’
it is a pity so many women are obsessed with thier body type. unfortunately for celebs, it’s part of their business -that prototyping. in those terms being ‘curvy’ is the door prize–like being miss congeniality in a beauty contest.
when i studied life drawing of nudes in college, we were taught the importance of using the ‘arabesque,’ a fluid rythmic curve in the posture and motion of the female form, in our drawings of nudes. that’s what curvy really means but of course linguists derive meaning from how it is used now and nothow it was used in the past.
curvy can sexualize the description of a sports car but on a young woman who is not a dancer the term seems to be a euphemism for not quite flabby.
Research published in today’s newspaper has found that people would be more likely to buy a product after seeing it being worn by a curvy woman as opposed to a super skinny woman.
To read more: http://www.psycinreallife.com
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,24691259-5007190,00.html
A timely catch, thanks for the link!
Trudy: thanks for the link! Definitely an interesting study. Personally speaking, I think I’d be more inclined to buy a product when it’s advertised by a person I could relate to. Maybe such findings will influence companies to include a variety of body types and looks in their ads.
Also, thanks everyone for your comments! Not surprisingly, we see a variety of perspectives here, which is great.
The study was done by a person at the University of Queensland (you will notice the sizes they mention are not US clothing sizes). Ideals of beauty are different in Australia than they are in the US. While the obesity rates are fast approximating the US I think we have less outliers on either extreme. Models have traditionally been bigger in Australasia than the US (though hollywood has resulted in things changing admittedly). I bet you would get a different survey result interviewing young people in LA…
I can’t get over the way jeans are sold in the US. You basically have two main options (and variations within those two): Skinny. Curvy. The cut is different. But basically… Kinda forced between skin tight jeans (and tight legs about ankle length) or, if you want lose leg or flares or bootleg or anything like that then ‘curvy’ it is. I was wondering what ‘curvy’ means in the US… My girlfriends from here seem to think it means ‘for the bigger woman’. I simply don’t understand why they can’t just sell the cut (flares / bootleg or whatever) and drop the whole ‘skinny’ and ‘curvy’ thing. Fitting into size 0 ‘skinny’ jeans… Make them and people will aspire to them, it is about as simple as that…
It is weird to me… I’m basically a size 0/1 in ‘curvy’ jeans – but I certainly wouldn’t pass a ‘grab the flab’ test for skinny. Skinny… Is simply not a self conception that I aspire to. Just the name puts me off… I just don’t like it how there basically seems to be two categories of looks that (it seemed to me) were based on weight rather than having many categories of different cuts of clothes. But maybe the ‘skinny’ / ‘curvy’ labels aren’t about weight? I haven’t tried on anything ‘skinny’ to know whether the sizing structure is different for those two categories (I suspect it is because I wouldn’t pass a grab the flab test but I do like to wear flares / loose leg jeans).
Being curvy or having a straight figure have nothing to do about weight. It has to do with your bust-to-waist ratio and hip-to-waist ratio
You can be really, but still have a waist that is much smaller than either your bust or hips and if you’re overweight you could be born with a bust, waist and hip very similar in inches whether a size 2 or 14
I’m 115 lbs and 5’7.5 tall. I’m usually a UK 6, but sometimes I’m a 4 or an 8 depending on the shop.
My measurements are 35-25-35. I have curves, despite being ‘technically underweight’.