Body image in ads

[amb]

I admit, my reaction was much like many of you....first negative, then "well ok, what's so wrong with a real butt?! ". I think my butt actually looks very similar to that photo - muscular with some cellulite on top. It's no model butt but it's MY butt and it's normal. And my husband likes it so why shouldn't I?! Thank you for reminding me to be more accepting of reality!

[amb]

BTW, The ESPN athletes have amazing bodies but I just don't have the time or motivation to work quite that hard so I'll accept my avg body!

[Crankin]

I don't know; the underpants look just like the Hanky Panky brand I wear. Super comfortable, one size fits almost all, and of course they center on your crack, that way, they aren't showing through your clothes.
I guess I'm the only old lady who wears thongs.

[Irulan]

I don't know; the underpants look just like the Hanky Panky brand I wear. Super comfortable, one size fits almost all, and of course they center on your crack, that way, they aren't showing through your clothes.
I guess I'm the only old lady who wears thongs.

lol that's "a don't knock it if you ain't tried it" if I ever heard one.

[Miranda]

One of the things I love about TE: how we can have a thread about some random woman's azz in orange underware and we're on page 3, posts in the 30s .

Ok, so all this discussion about the orange color...

I like orange. It's different and fun.

Sometimes a bright colored panty under your jeans can be your own personal frivolous secret. Even if the color isn't something you might not wear normally with your skin tone that's showing.

Unless of course you make a habit of going to the grocery store wearing panties only with half your azz hanging out ... who cares lol.

[Penny4]

Post 35

I get the Athleta catalog, and while i love the fact that there are no super skinny high fashion modelly types in it, I get a bit depressed looking at all of the perfectly toned models doing crazy yoga poses. And then I think , there is no way this stuff will fit a curvy, sometimes plus sized girl like me!

When I see a pic like orange undy girl, I can at least sorta see my own image there, and it makes me think, Ok, I could possibly shop in that store.

Check out the Lane Bryant page for the lingerie models. I'm sure they are airbrushed too, but at least you can see some curves and common shapes. Most of those models are considered plus size, even though they are 12's or 14's. I can at least relate to them, and I don't think they look bad....so maybe the photography is really the problem in the orange shot!

Just another rant...I hate when fashion mags do a Plus Sized spread and make a big deal out of the fact that they included plus sized. Why can't the plus sized girls just be a regular part of the mag without special headlines??

Good thread...

[Crankin]

Slightly off topic, but related to above post.
I buy a lot of stuff from Athleta. The way the models look doesn't bug me; it's what they do. If you go to the Athleta blog and even in the catalog, you can follow their "chosen" athletes. I know these people get financial support and publicity, but these are supposed to be regular people who often have overcome hardships to become athletic. Why do they all have to be super "competitors?" The focus is all on doing some half marathon or tri event. Cycling is only mentioned in a tangential way, as something the athletes do as part of a tri, even if that was their original sport (which is mostly not). There's a few mountain bikers.
I wish they would focus, at least partially, on people like me, who are serious recreational athletes, who never will enter an event, who are not training for anything except fitness and health, and are not all runners or paddle boarders.

[GLC1968]

I don't know; the underpants look just like the Hanky Panky brand I wear. Super comfortable, one size fits almost all, and of course they center on your crack, that way, they aren't showing through your clothes.
I guess I'm the only old lady who wears thongs.

Nope, I do too. And the Hanky Panky brand are the best ones out there!

[mandiam]

cool to see a normal chick on the ad--but i'm going to have to agree...poor photography. OH well!! cool thread!