V Magazine “The Size Issue” Foreward Sneak Peak!

PLUS Model Magazine got an advance copy of the V Magazine Forward that will appear in highly anticipated  Size Issue, which will be on newsstands January 14th!

Body size. Presently, it’s a subject of great debate in the fashion industry. In one corner, editors are calling for an end to size 0 clothing samples; in the other, designers are whittling down the women in their ad campaigns to cartoonish proportions. Everyone, it seems, has voiced his or her opinion on the issue, making it one of the most highly-blogged and heavily Twittered about topics of the day. Here’s our stance: big, little, pint-sized, plus-sized—every body is beautiful. And this issue is out to prove it.

We fell in love with our cover girls Dakota Fanning and Gabourey Sidibe, both of whom have shed stereotypes and shaken off their fair share of negative attention to become two of the most thoughtful and intriguing young actresses in the movies—as well as Oscar hopefuls. Our bets are on Sidibe winning Best Actress for her powerful role in Precious, and no doubt, every designer will be fighting to dress her for the red carpet. Suddenly it’s all about character, and less about being impossibly tall and achingly thin (but hey if you got there naturally that’s cool too). The eight actresses in our portfolio of the year’s great performances embody this evolution of the starlet into a newly-nuanced, highly-sensitive being.

But back to that whole size thing. From the female bodybuilder Lisa Lyon to the former Mugler muse Dianne Brill to the rising knitwear designer Mark Fast, this issue celebrates all those who have changed the shape of beauty and expanded the notion of what could be chic, sexy, or runway-worthy. Looking forward, we hope to do the same. To that end, our pages feature women of all sizes—from the curvy model Crystal Renn to the burlesque dancer Dirty Martini to Kenita Miller, star of the musical The Color Purple—as seen through the lenses of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Bruce Weber, Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson, Sølve Sundsbø, Sebastian Faena, and Terry Tsiolis.

It’s not just a new year, it’s a new decade, and we’re all for writing new rules. Here’s one: Beauty comes in all forms, and as long as you’re unabashedly yourself, you’re bound to look good in anything and everything. Here’s to the size issue becoming a non-issue in 2010. Mr. and Ms. V

V MAGAZINE – THE SIZE ISSUE PREVIEW

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