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BBC News – New Jersey snow sculpture gets frosty reception.

This is an interesting article from BBC News. It addresses nude art. The New Jersey woman was forced by police to cover up her snow sculpture of  Venus de Milo or destroy it after a complaint.

This intrigues me because this original piece of art work was created around 130 – 100 BC believed to depict Aphrodite the Greek Goddess of Love and was highly sought after for it’s depiction of beauty when found in the 19th Century.

What I find more interesting is that the owner of the piece decided to put a bikini top and sarong on it  but felt it looked “more objectified”.

My question to you is do you feel that a creation of art, if nude, is indecent and which picture do you think looks more sexualized?

Women of all Sizes Gorgeous

I am so happy a Fashion Magazine is finally stepping up and showing healthy, normal sized, beautiful women. In this video link Glamour Magazine shows us a spread of “plus” sized women in their spread. I am so happy this is becoming increasingly popular. I know this is stepping away from the fashion industry traditions on clothing sizes, but lets be honest: this is more realistic.

Numerous studies have shown that healthy women are MORE attractive to males than skinny women by an overwhelming majority. They also find that the skinnier women’s figure looks sickly. Read following link on bbc news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8327750.stm

It is a suprise  to me even today that women over the size of 6 (the vast majority of the population) is considered a PLUS size. I am a size 8 and have been told I look sexier than I did when I was size 6 and practically starving myself. I do not feel that I am a plus size. I do not have roles of fat, I have toned arms and abs but because of my wider hip structure fight to fit into anything smaller.

Trust me, I am still fighting with all that brain washing of my dance teachers and peers (mostly woman) to feel good about my size.  Yes, I do think some styles look better on skinnier women but there are styles for all body types, and if designers are wanting to sell their clothes to a normal population that want it, I think it is smart to market to bigger sizes or have more size options.

I watched a few runway videos on Karl Lagerfeld site. If you look closely, the clothes are actually a little big on the models. Take a look at Fall ‘09. The women’s skeletal figures are pretty obvious with the black pants.

Is this attractive to you?? I would love to hear your comments.