…about a year ago, I looked down and thought, I have cellulite. Where did that come from? I went through treatments; [my body] was like, It’s not going anywhere.
Lauren Conrad told Glamour Magazine back in 2010. And there are pictures (after the cut) to prove it, but on LC’s cover photo for the same magazine hitting shelves April 10, there’s not a lump or a pucker to be found. Wait, wasn’t it Glamour who just swore up and down they’d never Photoshop another body again? What gives, Glamour?
Glamour was quoted as saying,
You told us you don’t want little things like freckles and scars removed, and we agree; those are the kinds of details that make each woman on the planet unique and beautiful
But I guess cellulite is a different story. To be fair, the cover does say “On How She Beat Her Body Hang-Ups,” so maybe I need to go buy this month’s issue to find out how LC beat the cellulite blues once and for all? I mean I guess we can’t assume she didn’t just lose the cellulite on her own, but I’d love to know what her miracle solution was.
I guess my bigger question is this: You have to admit, she looks fantastic on that cover. How would you feel if the folks at Glamour had really laid off the Photoshop and LC’s cellulite was present in the cover shot? Would that make for a more appealing photo, au naturel? Either way, LC’s face as well as her alluring promises of secret skin-smoothing-solutions will likely sell many a magazine this month. And cellulite or none, I still think she’s awesome.
What’s your take on Glamour’s thigh-trimming and skin-smoothing editing? Do you wish they’d stuck to their guns on no Photoshopping? Or do you think LC really did manage to conquer her cellulite since 2010?
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Her skin does look really smooth. Even someone who doesn’t have cellulite isn’t that smooth.
I would have liked the picture better if she was wearing a top. It’s not the nudity that bothers me, but it just feels kind of forced and out of place. She also just doesn’t strike me as a topless pictures kind of girl.
ranunculus / 3457 posts
You can’t conquer cellulite. You can merely reduce its appearance. There’s no getting rid of it per se. I’m glad she’s open about having it.
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I like my cover better. I have a subscription and there are less words on the cover. Their new simplistic approach is nice.
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Sure looks like it!
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Yeah, looks like she gains weight in her legs. If I was in a magazine I’d want my cellulite photoshopped too.
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Oh god, that’s what my thighs look like when I don’t work out.
orchid / 118 posts
“Scars and freckles” are very different from fat and cellulite. That’s not claiming they don’t Photoshop at all. People totally overreact to photo editing. *ahem Lovelyish*
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If it wasn’t photoshopped, I’d say, “Hey, that’s a picture of a beautiful woman!” just like I did with the photoshop.
We see people with cellulite on a regular basis anyway. What’s the difference on a fucking magazine?
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@yourkbear@xanga - I think most people under-react to photo editing and I’m glad that Lovelyish doesn’t normalize pictures of women who look like they were made in a factory. But to each their own, I guess.
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Every woman has something about their body they’d like to change. Lauren is absolutely stunning but if I were her and I knew my cellulite would show up on the cover, I’d probably want it to be edited away.
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why do people continuously go on and on about photoshop? we are a world obsessed with appearance, of course images are photoshopped. should we give a flying fuck? no.
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maybe she wanted them to photoshop it o-o
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They only said freckles and birthmarks and scars. Scars I think should be photoshopped at the model’s request- they are a permanent feature but for models, rarely is it a defining “trademark” feature (e.g. actor Tommy Flanagan or even Seal now)
My two cents:
There is possibility this is minor editing, as well as her doing a “crash” diet like the Angels do before the annual runway show- only liquids for two weeks prior with tons of water and then only water the day before. Also, with my husband in photography, he does amazing things with my cellulite when he asks me to test a studio set up for him. I’m 5’3″ and 122lbs and if blows the lighting up in the right spots, it hides it well.
As for Photoshop, I think it’s OK to smooth out things like cellulite, but when you’re altering a persons entire appearance, e.g. not a single wrinkle on the face at all, or altering the entire size/shape of their legs, stomach, etc… that’s not human.
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I think this is different from the freckles issue. Cellulite doesn’t make you unique. It means one of a few things: you don’t care about your appearance, you have no control over te junk you eat, you’re too lazy to eat healthy and exercise, or you don’t have time to exercise which just means you’re disorganized and have questionable priorities (because health and fitness should be a part of everyone’s life).
So if I was Lauren, I’d want myself photoshopped too. And as a reader, I wouldn’t be compelled to pick up a cover with someone who doesn’t even seem to have figured as much as I have.
And you can’t lose cellulite by going on a crash diet…
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@sagwaskeeper@xanga - Um, healthy people have cellulite… I’m not saying it doesn’t help, but dieting/exercising/health doesn’t have anything to do with cellulite.
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I absolutely LOVE Lauren. She is so cute and fashionable and seems down to earth.
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pictures dont even have to be photoshopped with these celebs. with the amount of makeup and tanning/fake tanning that people do, just normal pictures make them look perfect. if you saw them in real life, youd see the clumpiness of their mascara and the lines on their skin clearly. of course it was probably photoshopped, just like every other magazine cover out there.
rose / 980 posts
Well, if they didn’t photoshop cellulite out of pictures, we’d all get used to that fact it exists!