What are they trying to do to us?

[Tweety]

This thread is inspired by a gal I read about on this board last night who thought the VS girls were beautiful and ideal even though her man assured her a gal like Sanda Bullock is pretty and has a good figure. I admit that once I cried, browsing through a VS website because all the gals had big breasts. My brother asked, "Why do you look at that if it makes you sad?" Good question, and I didn't have an answer.

Marketing is brutal. I can almost feel my heart racing as I visit the site and look at the sexy underwear, presented on models who although we know are airbrushed, made-up, and taken hundreds of pictures of to find just the right picture, we still feel intimidated and hope that maybe if we buy that thong or that bra we will look as good.

I am okay with the site now because I know that a lot of it is fake, and I know guys who don't go for that at all. Do girls really wear spiked heels with jeans with a low-cut cami to wal-mart? Some may, but the general population doesn't. In fact, I look at girls like that and wonder what they are trying to prove.

In honor of American Thanksgiving this week, I thought I would show you gals a few pictures and prove that the turkey isn't the only thing being stuffed!

Couldn't figure how to post the images, so I'll give you the links.

Unstuffed:
www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/application/prodDisplay/?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=SG-192409&page=1&cgname=OSSWMDESCAL&rfnbr=2647

Stuffed:
www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/application/prodDisplay/?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=SG-161883&page=2&cgname=OSBRPVERBRA&rfnbr=1489

(You will have to cut and paste links into your browser...I'm too iliterate to get them to work).

[fawnmarie]

Tweety -

They are trying to get us to spend every dime we can spare hoping their crap makes us look like that so we can compete for mates.

Actually.

Whether you chose to buy into it is up to you.


Fawn

[Wenonae]

These are pics b4 and after surgery.

Wen ;-)

[jennidee]

I can't get the links to open--says page is no longer available. Is anyone having this problem? I too, get frustrated by the VS catalogue. One of the most popular models, Adriana Lima, had breast implants a few years ago and her popularity skyrocketed. Nevermind that her chest is disproportional to her skinny body. I saw her topless picks before, and she was fine. Now it seems that another of their popular models, Alessandra I think she's called, went from medium to very large recently. This gives people, particularly men, an impression that it is not unusual for tall, perfectly complected women also have giant, round, uplifted breasts that are nearly up around their neck. So many of the photos have the boobs shoved together so it looks like the girls have skin-covered soccer balls in their bras.
What I take some comfort in is that men who have been intimate with a woman with implants often don't like how they feel. Also, a woman can lose nipple sensation, and who wants that??
Nevertheless, it sets a standard hard for us mortals to meet, and it seems that the "norm' for models and actresses lately has increased dramatically, making an even bigger gap between enhanced and non-enhanced women. Top models of yesteryear--Cindy Crawford, Christie Brinkley, were beautifully proportioned with B-cups. They would be in the minority now and under pressure to get implants.
How sad. But I think that sensible men with their priorities straight appreciate the whole package and know the difference between real and fake. By the way, my boyfriend cites Sandra Bullock as a hottie despite her modest proportions!

[jennidee]

OH! I got it to work now, was not cutting and pasting correctly. This is the model I refer to above who has just gotten large implants! And she was lovely before! Frankly, the first pic is a testament to clever bras, as when I've seen her in the past, she has lots of push-up and padding going on to make her breasts go up and squished together. Clearly, she is a moderately endowed woman with an atheletic body. But the second pic illustrates what I have noticed in the last two catalogues--she's gotten much larger. What a shame that a pretty, successful girl feels that pressure. I have noticed however that she gets to wear the racier lingerie now, so that only reinforces this bad standard!

[Tweety]

LOL, jennidee (flesh covered soccer balls)

Fawn--I used to buy into it. I felt very insecure looking in magazines like that. But now I know it is not real. Also I am thankful for what I have. I may not have huge breasts but at least I am not sick, deformed, paralyzed, etc. All of those things are a blessing from God that I can still walk and talk

[blueangel]

ditto

[shakira8]

tweety said:

LOL, jennidee (flesh covered soccer balls)

Fawn--I used to buy into it. I felt very insecure looking in magazines like that. But now I know it is not real. Also I am thankful for what I have. I may not have huge breasts but at least I am not sick, deformed, paralyzed, etc. All of those things are a blessing from God that I can still walk and talk

I couldn't agree more !

[Tweety]

I would rather be thin with small breasts than overweight with huge ones. It's easier to wear a push-up bra than conceal a hundred pounds.