Curvy Goddesses : Italian Vogue Rediscovers Venus : Belle Vere

Vogue Italia June 2011

BRAVA ITALIA for bringing back the CURVE.

The Hips, the Breasts.

Woman.

Soft, Strong, Warm, Fleshy

Venus of Willendorf, Primal Womb

Ripe, Juicy, Sensuous, Curves of the Cosmos

Primordial Sister Moon, Mother of Life

Breasts, Goblets of Milk, Elixir

Hips, Thighs, Buttocks

Beautiful Woman.

Feminine beauty for centuries has been based upon the round, soft hips, the swell and dip of breasts. Rubenesque. Zaftig. Curvy. Venus had them. Aphrodite, as she was called by the Greeks. Femme Fatales. Sirens. Seductresses. All of them had a powerful gift: femininity.

Photographer Steven Meisel has captured, and only with his lens, the magnificence of the curve, the way we women are supposed to be. Enough of this dieting, the maniacal efforts to be slim, to squeeze into a size too small, for our true beauty is built in. Honor the curves, don’t fight them, as we have for decades now. What have we been doing? It’s like trying to control a tidal wave. A natural force. Corsets to control our tummy, “body shapers” and “tummy tamers” and contraptions to bind our curves? Enough of them. Unless you enjoy wearing a corset along with your garters and stockings to accentuate the positives of your curves.

Tara Lynn, Candice Huffine and Robyn Lawley are on the June issue cover story of VOGUE Italia, portrayed by Steven Meisel.

(Interestingly, Steven Meisel was also obsessed with models such as Twiggy, Veruschka, and Jean Shrimpton at 12 years old. To meet famous model Twiggy, the 12-year-old Meisel stood outside waiting for her to appear). But, here we have curves like never before. Unlike Twiggy, these curvaceous beauties are bringing back the bounce, the boom boom, and the vavoom. Or the… abbondanza!

The Renaissance of Feminine Beauty, Power, and the Goddess. Real Goddesses. The Archetype of Woman.

And VOGUE Italia is fighting the war against Pro-Anorexia websites with their buxom beauties.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION

SIGN AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA WEBSITES AND BLOGS

 

 

“On learning that Facebook is considered today the culprit of anorexia, and since I believe it is impossible that a social network alone may be held responsible for the spreading of such phenomenon, I did some research and found that there are countless pro-anorexia websites and blogs that not only support the disorder, but also urge young people to be competitive about their “body shape”.

Vogue Italia, the magazine par excellence that deals with and promotes aesthetics and beauty, has decided to make use of its  authority and its readers on the web (over one million of contacts per month), to battle against anorexia and collect signatures with the final goal of shutting such sites down.

Fashion has been always blamed as one of the culprits of anorexia, and our commitment  is the proof that fashion is ready to get on the frontline and struggle against the disorder.”

 

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