tubular body shape

The New Beauty Ideal: The Tubular Body

Mon, 05/16/2011 - 08:17
Submitted by Carlin Ross

Inspired by Jenn's "apple body" post, I was googling around for the latest research on body image.  There was been a quantifiable shift in body preference reinforced my images in the media.  Today, women strive for the tubular body type.  That's the boyish, athletic Betheny Frankel look (I'm not criticizing Betheny just giving an example).

Here's where the mind fuck comes in.  While the preferred body aesthetic is skinny minny, we are in fact curvier than ever: