It seems like every couple years the fashion magazines cycle around to featuring “real bodies” or plus size models... for one extra special edition, multi-page section, only. Proudly parading these as progressive imagery in the killer world of thin-to-the-bone fashion.
Why? No one knows. Is it to mirror the mass of their audience? Probably not; most of the “plus size” models are still more svelte than the average American woman. V magazine seems set to change all that with their “curvy issue,” hitting newsstands on January 14.
While there’s a thought provoking spread featuring plus-size super model Crystal Renn going shot-to-shot against the model body type of super thin Jacquelyn Jablonski in a model-off [above], it’s the “curves ahead” pictorial, featuring some of the hottest models ever seen donning dresses, denim and dangerously little else for a sexy, provocative set of pictures that's really revolutionary.
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The luscious ladies like Candice Huffine, Tara Lynn and Michelle Olson put the usual bags of bones seen on the glossy pages to shame making the issue a must read.
V editor-in-chief Stephen Gan said in a simple statement: “Big, little, pint-size, plus-size—every body is beautiful.” Truer words…
Click here to see a behind the scenes video from the sexy shoot. What do you think of the sultry shots from V’s curvy issue?
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