Lowest Common Denominator: Vogue, April

4: Number of body types to “embrace” on the cover (towering, tiny, thin, or top heavy)

10: Number of pages between Scarlett Johansson on the cover and Scarlett Johansson in a Louis Vuitton ad

3: Number of Louis Vuitton items André Leon Talley requires to play tennis, according to “Contributors” on page 128 (gym bags, racket covers, and mufflers)

0: Mentions of Louis Vuitton in “Scarlett Letters,” a profile of Johansson

0: Amount Johansson claims to exercise

More than 0: Amount plus-size model Ashley Graham exercises (“I’m firm...Nothing jiggly.  I have a trainer I work with.”)

$315: Price of a Martin Margiela bodysuit with built-in shoulder pads

1: Number of models referring to her own shoulders as too large, saying she looks “like a football player” (Paulina Porizkova, who previously whined about her looks in Marie Claire)

4: Clothing size worn by model Hilary Rhoda, as stated in “Be A Sport”

12: Size worn by model Crystal Renn, reported in the same editorial

8: Number of pages featuring Hilary in “Be a Sport”

5: Number of pages devoted to Crystal in the same feature

At least 1: Opinions conveyed as fact (“It’s a fact: Clothes look better on a thin person,” in “Walking a Thin Line”)

At least 1: Completely erroneous details reported as fact in the same story (Apparently, Live Journal is “one of the most popular fashion blogs.”)

Comments

[Kristen]

I do not understand why Vogue even pretends that they are "embracing" different body types. Are they really that stupid/blind?

[Stunt_Girl]

The 'Vogue weighs in the size 0 debate' article in last month's UK Vogue was about 4 pages of simpering and pandering leading up to the point we knew they were all gonna make anyway: size 0 is not a problem because in their eyes it's not too thin, and all these skeletal celebrities are 100% fit and healthy, dontcha know.

Yeah right.

[CLAIRE SMITH]

MS GRAHAM EXERCISES-QUESTION IF SHE DOES WHY DO HER BULGING HIPS HANG OVER HER JEANS THEN?

[CLAIRE SMITH]

Apparently Ashley has a 36D bust when it would seem her double D beasts are more like 40.

[TracieB]

You can be any size and have big boobs or small boobs. I had a friend who was not very much endowed in terms of boobs who was significantly overweight everywhere but there. She used to joke about being small chested. I am tall, average body type, in the middle, and I have a 36 DD chest. It actually doesn't look out of proportion because of my height, and I'm not jiggly or anything, and I wear size 10/12 pants and a size L shirt. I definitely believe Ashley Graham could be a size 16 or so and not jiggly. It's not to say she may be a bit heavier than would be ideal for herself, but I saw the photo of her and thought she was very pretty.

[TracieB]

And I was mad about the Vogue comment about clothes looking better on a thin person. Clothes that fit the body type of the person wearing them well and are pretty look great on that person. Clothes that don't fit the person right, are too small or too large, or just plain ugly, do not look right. I think some clothes suit women with curvy shapes better. It depends on the individual. But in this culture, none of us are supposed to look like individuals. We are supposed to work hard to morph our bodies into something they aren't if we aren't born to have the "right" type of body. I think self acceptance is of much more value than comparing yourself endlessly. :)

[CLAIRE SMITH]

Read on a fashion website recently that Ashley's vitals are 40D-34-49.
This would make Ashley a great candidate for an aerobics type dvd and ashe might reduce her bust to a more modest size.