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An ad for lingerie featuring a hot plus-sized woman is, apparently, too much for the American public to handle. Seems that the skinny Victoria’s Secret models are OK. But a little cushion is no good.
An ad for lingerie featuring a hot plus-sized woman is, apparently, too much for the American public to handle. Seems that the skinny Victoria’s Secret models are OK. But a little cushion is no good.
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April 27th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Me thinks Lane Bryant is pitching this fit for publicity. According to the press releases from both ABC and FOX they both agreed to air the add but required some edits. In FOX’s case just as they did with the Victoria Secret Ad Lane Bryant is complaining about. While the model her is not toothpick thin I don’t think most of America would really have given this ad a second thought without the hissy fit and free publicity Lane Bryant has gotten out of the controversy.
April 27th, 2010 at 10:17 am
“Little cushion”? Little?
Proof positive that what we used to call Madison Avenue can photoshop, blow-dry, and airbrush the plus-size gal as well as the rickety waif.
For women “disrespecting themselves” to look fatter, see Art, Dutch, 17th Cent. The pendulum [as it were] swings, but the Pit remains the same.
April 27th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Well, we have to admit that there is only one hot woman in the Lane Bryant commercial where Victoria’s Secret “The Nakeds” commercial had to use three.
I believe the problem is the Lane Bryant model looks like she’s up to something whereas the Victoria’s Secret models look like their think of food.
April 27th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
This is just the Brady Bunch once again going after high capacity magazines.
April 27th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Sorry, curves beat angles.
I can’t say that my criteria for mate selection includes the ability to hang a purse over a protruding hip bone.
April 27th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
The difference is that the Lane Bryant lady looks like a scantily clad women while the Victoria’s Secret ladies look like a bunch of teenage boys in drag.
April 27th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Yah. The Lane Bryant lady is not plus sized in my book. At least she has a waist to hip ratio significantly less than 1:1
April 28th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Ashley Graham = total hotness