This June, Vogue decided to make all of its editions health-themed. The move stems from a new initiative the magazine is promoting, which aims to portray realistic, healthy bodies in its pages. Here is a gallery of some of the healthy covers from around the world; take a look and tell us if you think they support Vogue‘s initiative!
While most of these models look great, do they look healthy? Do these covers promote the ideas of Vogue‘s initiative? Predictably, some are shouting yes, others no. Whether or not these are examples of a good lifestyle, let’s hope Vogue continues to promote living well! [via Fashionista]
What do you think of these covers? Do they say “healthy” to you?
orchid / 110 posts
the first two are i think…..the other ones look just like normal covers? it looks vogues idea of health is just less photoshop. i like seeing real people on the covers of these magazines. people who have actual fashion influence and style not models being told what to wear, when to wear it, and how to look in it.
guest
Why does healthy have to mean a size 8 or above? The models look fine to me. How can you tell what the model’s lifestyle is by looking at her picture? You don’t have to look emaciated to have unhealthy eating habits. People need to stop relying on magazines to provide them with images of what healthy or beautiful should look like. There is always going to be people that feel disappointed by the ideal.
guest
They look healthy for their age but I think we should factor in the age. what Vogue gives you is an age demographic of a certain body type. They all look pretty healthy but they all look under 30 and they look to have just a narrower bone structure.
And I agree with Whao alizz, if you go the ‘healthy’ root I don’t mind seeing those girls there, they look healthy more or less, but Vogue needs to incorporate different body types to illustrate a fuller view on the so called “Healthy body’.
guest
idk I just wanna twirl around in that lavender dress
orchid / 109 posts
People are often thinking that “really healthy bodies” could not be skinny. Because being skinny is diabolised, and “true” women (they said) are sligtly overweight.
Well, I’m skinny, a size 0 around 92pounds (BMi 17), and very sportive. I did ballet, I can walk 10hours in mountains (Alps) with a big backpack of 10kilos, and doing it during a week without problems. Whereas friend on the upper side of the “healthy” BMi or more can’t walk an hour… BUT they often asking me if I’m not sick or else, or if I don’t want to eat more to gain. Gain what ??? fat ? And why ? “to look like a women, you look unhealthy”.
Well… it depends on your personnal definition of healthy. For me it is based on medical features, not on appearance.
guest
is that kate moss on the cover of the first one (going for gold)? what a fucking contradiction.
guest
It is silly to judge how healthy one seems to be alone from the outside in every case. All in all they still choose the same type of women (surprise surprise). But at least we can be more or less sure that these individuals aren’t getting there by starving.
It won’t help that much for ppl with body-image issues. It can in fact have a dowside, when ppl interpret it so that ‘everyone can look like this healthy way’ bc not everyone can.
I still commend them, bc models are people too, and at least it may prevent ppl who are modelling from developping eating disorders or going lower in weight than they should, or trying to keep the body they had at 14 (which also leads to unhealthy behaviours). I think this branch has been making too much use of certain ppl’s vurnerability.