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.