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We Recreated The Controversial Zara Ad To Clear Some Things Up
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We Recreated The Controversial Zara Ad To Clear Some Things Up

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In a recent ad, Zara tells women to love their curves. Hurray for that. Unfortunately, the retailer has put this remark next to a photo of two skinny models, who are very pretty and lovely, but not curvy. There is nothing wrong with the models, but in our opinion, the marketers give the wrong message by labeling them as curvy.

So we recreated the ad not only to show Zara our behinds but also to remind them there are plenty of curvy models out there. A lot of young girls are struggling with their body image and they should be shown different types of bodies. Not just skinny ones.

More info: twitter.com

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Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well said. These girls are great, but NOT curvy. It's dangerous to label them as curvy because if these elegant narrow-ish bodies are considered curvy, that means litterally skinny girls with their feminine curves a bit pointed out will feel fat and might be shamed for it too. While the non-skinny, but still healthy girls and women will "be obese" or "pigs". Let's be real and precise, please. For the sake of our personal and society's overall mental and physical health.

Maria Lazaridou
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teenagers around the world with healthy figures are going to see the ad and think "well if they are curvy, then i must be fat" and then hello eating disorders.

Mina Hunter
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Curvy refers to a body type with a markedly narrower waist than bust and hips and a well-toned butt and not someone who is overweight. Or at least that is what it used to mean. You can be very slim and still curvy.

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Kristel Palk
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These models may be thin but they do have curves. A curve is a non-straight line. Their bodies have those. Yes, they are on the skinny-side but that doesn't make them curveless. Their curves are simply on a smaller frame.

Sweep the Leg
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kristel, you're missing the point. The term "curvy" refers to women who are not the classic size 0-2 of models. "Curvy" doesn't work well in the modeling industry. Yes, these are human women with curvature, as human women have curvature. They are using size 0-2 models to represent a typical size 8+ category. That's the issue.

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Estefania Ibanez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the idea. Good message. On the other hand... thin women can have curves too (I am one). A lot of them do. Only the first add doesn't do a good job at showing that.

Heather Hinderliter
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ad says "love your curves". I am not really understanding why skinny people can but love their curves as well. I'm skinny, but I still have curves. I do love my curves. Plus, I think this ad is trying to promote the jeans they sell. No one wants their butt to look flat.

Любомир Гиздов
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From a geometrical point of view not only curvy women have curves. Smaller curves are still curves. The illustrator in me always gets peeved when skinny women are referred to as "flat". There's nothing flat about the human body, even the skinniest.

Hanna
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a normal sized person. Not even "curvy" and most of Zara's clothes are way too small. And extra large ( if you can find one) is way too small on me. Clothes made for children

Dana Hrivnak
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? No.. I can fit in M and L zara clothes and I am pretty average curvy type. Aka big boobs, smaller waist and 38/40 a*s on 168 cm. And Zara clothes are okay for me and they also go for XXL sizes. The only problem I have is thet they are expensive for me.

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Tim Bisschop
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not the Point of it. The add says love your curves and the there are 2, beautiful young lady's, without curves.. so if you're 12 years old, not as skinny as they 2 girls on the poster, what would you think the girl of 12 thinks? She thinks she is to dat and should be as skinny as the girls on the left. And that's not right! You should love your body, no matter what.

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Kira Thesloth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay I don't like Zara because they steal designs from small buisnesses...but I can see how this may have been misconstrued. The jeans are called curves. They are referencing the name of the jeans in the ad, not the bodies. True they should have seen the backlash coming though, but I don't think Zara gives a darn.

Stille20
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all need to be a little less thin skinned. I rolled my eyes at the ad and moved on. I just want a pair of jeans that fits right. It would be good if ads were more inclusive, but in the end confidence has to come from within. However, those upset that someone said the models don't have curves, they don't and that's fine. Slim ladies make up the majority of models... so rock those skinny jeans and move on.

John McIlveen
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and sexes. Love who you are.

Sarah Lennie
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a woman who has been both thin, and ..well..fat, people need to chill. Just be happy you're alive and stop getting offended so easily.

Dave Clements
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Curvy" does NOT mean bigger. It comes from the hourglass shape of a classic woman's figure. That is bone structure. Super thin and larger girls can be "curvy". But just being a bigger girl does NOT make you curvy. It makes you bigger. You could have the straightest, most shapeless body ever, be bigger, and somehow you get to say you're curvy. You're either curvy or not, and slender girls who have extreme curves to their body are everywhere and large girls who don't have any curves and are simply just big, are also everywhere. Big people need to stop hijacking the damn word. Annoys the c**p out of me.

Abigail Moore
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many harsh comments :P Fat shaming, thin shaming. We are all beautiful, inside or out, or maybe we are not and that's okay too. Weeeeeee!!!!

Dave Axe
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. Just love your curves, no matter how they are. Natural beauty is the best.

Sergio Bicerra
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the ad means that, either you have big or small curves, you should love just the way you are. Why they used "skinny" girls? Cause if they used big sized girls everyone would say "Ok, it's an ad for fats, not me." Why not use a small sized girl next to a big one? Same reason, I think.

Liza Neumann
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The style of the jeans is Curves, so they are telling them to love their jeans.

LilicatUK
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is that everything must be labelled. Thin, skinny, curvy, overweight etc, it's all A BODY. Nothing, absolutely nothing will be perfect in the eyes of everyone (my cat is perfect to me but I'm sure someone will find a fault - and I'll hunt you down :D ), if we go by the "oh but they're skinny" kinda thing we might as well go down the route, oh they're women, they are white, they have all limbs, they are young etc etc etc. It should just say "love your body" tbh

Derek Hellam
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't find any of them attractive really. Under fed vs well fed? Beauty they say is in the eye of the beholder. The advert is not a very good one, other than provoking a response.

David Diaz
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thin women can be curvy. I see curves on those models. It's all about proportions that determine a curvy woman not whatever size they are.

Lucina Sandoval-Gordon
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As far as their proportions they are about the same. Both have kind of curvy butts and boobs. The first picture is just thinner.

Elizabeth Berry
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone has curves - just because some people's curves are more noticeable than others doesn't mean they don't exist-

Elizabeth Berry
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone's chemical makeup is different & everyone gains weight different- most people I know have a curvier beer belly than anything else!

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Monika Przymuszala
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Zara is a disgrace, first steals ideas from small businesses and now this?!

Anna Brandigi
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Sondre's mental state is a bit on edge... "energy disappears. Screw the laws of physics, I'm falling up!" ???

Alan Bogusiewicz
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Left photo - underweight, right photo overweight - both as bad. Couldn't you show people with a healthy BMI?

Anna Brandigi
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't you just let people be happy the way they are instead of assuming they're over or underweight?

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Dave Axe
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adds like this set up an incorrect mindset about body image. One should know what a natural figure looks like.

Crybabyartist
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they are addressing issues like bulimia? Some girls have serious health issues because they can't love their curves. Look before you leap!

Jessica
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it would have helped if the ad included 2 girls, one with small curves and one with bigger curves. That would really show well-rounded inclusivity.

Arek Reklamy
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course not curves ☺ In Polish it means the women loose morals s**t

Mer
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they're going to promote body appreciation by suggesting that curves are great, then ffs show girls with identifiable curves. Otherwise I'd rather see a line-up of all different "types" of bodies with an affirmative all-inclusive message.

monica
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everyone has their own body. the same way we are now starting slighlty bigger bodies, we should should respect all body types too. What you are saying is rude, and can cause a lot of harm.

Jules Skelton
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the the chicks on the right suffer from prediabetes. Not being mean, I'm being technical and logical. Put down the processed foods and feed your body nutrition.

Jessica Russian Sifontes
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only thing that is wrong in the original ad is the word "curves". If I had done it, it would read "love your body" and that's it.

Philipp Blum
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find this hilarious - who gets to decide what's curvy? I thought the goal is to break with the stereotypes, in every way.

Pi...
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the initial ad was for curvy camera lenses! Lol

Ryan Lankford
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh look, fatties are trying to hijack the word "curvy" again. Quelle surprise.

Bradley Fried
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7 years ago

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"full figured" and "voluptuous" weren't enough, so now they're going for "curvy". Can "thin" be far off? LOL!

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Anna Thouvenin
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So by showing you should love your curves when you're like the women on the right, you should show that you can't love your small curves when you're skinny? What's the point of that? Can't you just put one skinny and one curvy and that's all? Both the ad and the fake ad are terrible because they devaluate the other...

Susanna Vesna
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing wrong with them? They look bloody anorexic! The modeling industry should be persecuted for promoting this extra-skinny image!!

Jane Sanker
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's a little extreme. The girls on the right look fat. It's not attractive. You can big bigger, but you still need to be healthy and somewhat fit.

Karolína T.
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ooops... Photoshop disaster? The left girl has so big head to her body...?

Petar
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sorry to the ladies on the right, but not only the overweight bodies are considered "curvy". And no - overweight is not beautiful and it's certainly not healthy. It is understandable that some people would like that all bodies are beautiful, but no not all of them are and this is the truth. In this case I prefer the ones on the left.

Dudley Budsworth
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The media constantly shows "curvy" women in their ads, television shows, entertainer's speeches, etc. Those "skinny" women do have curves just not curves of fat. Why can't the skinny girls have body positive images just like the fat ones?

Just a Purpler
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7 years ago

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I hate the person who made that first picture -___-

Richard Maxwell
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7 years ago

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Except that a curve is anything that isn't a straight line, so the 'skinny models' absolutely have curves. This recreation is essentially two fat birches saying "No, you don't get to love your curves because you don't have any!" It's body-shaming, plain and simple. The ad said 'curves', it didn't specify how pronounced those curves should be. Had the ad said "Love your roly-polies", then the second picture would have had merit. Instead it's just two snowflakes crying for no reason.

sneakcollector
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7 years ago

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Curves? I see tiny asses with no shape. Nothing to grab, nothing to love. Maybe they think everything above size 0 is curvy...

Marijana Andrić
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7 years ago

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This is Zara's backup for women of developing and poor countries. Because when they buy clothes at Zara, they are left with no money for food. So this ad is made to bring comfort to these curveless women. :D

Jean-Philippe Martel
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7 years ago

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But... won't someone come to the defense of those poor thin girls!!1 #thinshaming

Emanuele Muggianu
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7 years ago

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The girls on the left are skinny (and not curvy at all), the girls on the right are overweight. Nothing wrong with it, just stop finding things to criticize on every single advertising you see. I am pretty sure that "love your curves" is meant to be "love yourself as you are"

Wendy Mulderij
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7 years ago

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Their heads are the most curvy part of their body...

Leni S
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7 years ago

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well f**k fat girls are not hot either I would raher be skinny as hell than little fat

Sondre Strøm Linde
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7 years ago

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Some people are actually capable of controlling their caloric intake. Yeah, shocker, right!?

Susanne Pachtmann
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're also one of those who think depression is laziness, right? There are so many health issues that have nothing to do with the calories you are capable to controll and make you gain weight...

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Daria B
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well said. These girls are great, but NOT curvy. It's dangerous to label them as curvy because if these elegant narrow-ish bodies are considered curvy, that means litterally skinny girls with their feminine curves a bit pointed out will feel fat and might be shamed for it too. While the non-skinny, but still healthy girls and women will "be obese" or "pigs". Let's be real and precise, please. For the sake of our personal and society's overall mental and physical health.

Maria Lazaridou
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teenagers around the world with healthy figures are going to see the ad and think "well if they are curvy, then i must be fat" and then hello eating disorders.

Mina Hunter
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Curvy refers to a body type with a markedly narrower waist than bust and hips and a well-toned butt and not someone who is overweight. Or at least that is what it used to mean. You can be very slim and still curvy.

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Kristel Palk
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These models may be thin but they do have curves. A curve is a non-straight line. Their bodies have those. Yes, they are on the skinny-side but that doesn't make them curveless. Their curves are simply on a smaller frame.

Sweep the Leg
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kristel, you're missing the point. The term "curvy" refers to women who are not the classic size 0-2 of models. "Curvy" doesn't work well in the modeling industry. Yes, these are human women with curvature, as human women have curvature. They are using size 0-2 models to represent a typical size 8+ category. That's the issue.

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Estefania Ibanez
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the idea. Good message. On the other hand... thin women can have curves too (I am one). A lot of them do. Only the first add doesn't do a good job at showing that.

Heather Hinderliter
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ad says "love your curves". I am not really understanding why skinny people can but love their curves as well. I'm skinny, but I still have curves. I do love my curves. Plus, I think this ad is trying to promote the jeans they sell. No one wants their butt to look flat.

Любомир Гиздов
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From a geometrical point of view not only curvy women have curves. Smaller curves are still curves. The illustrator in me always gets peeved when skinny women are referred to as "flat". There's nothing flat about the human body, even the skinniest.

Hanna
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a normal sized person. Not even "curvy" and most of Zara's clothes are way too small. And extra large ( if you can find one) is way too small on me. Clothes made for children

Dana Hrivnak
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? No.. I can fit in M and L zara clothes and I am pretty average curvy type. Aka big boobs, smaller waist and 38/40 a*s on 168 cm. And Zara clothes are okay for me and they also go for XXL sizes. The only problem I have is thet they are expensive for me.

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Tim Bisschop
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not the Point of it. The add says love your curves and the there are 2, beautiful young lady's, without curves.. so if you're 12 years old, not as skinny as they 2 girls on the poster, what would you think the girl of 12 thinks? She thinks she is to dat and should be as skinny as the girls on the left. And that's not right! You should love your body, no matter what.

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Kira Thesloth
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay I don't like Zara because they steal designs from small buisnesses...but I can see how this may have been misconstrued. The jeans are called curves. They are referencing the name of the jeans in the ad, not the bodies. True they should have seen the backlash coming though, but I don't think Zara gives a darn.

Stille20
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all need to be a little less thin skinned. I rolled my eyes at the ad and moved on. I just want a pair of jeans that fits right. It would be good if ads were more inclusive, but in the end confidence has to come from within. However, those upset that someone said the models don't have curves, they don't and that's fine. Slim ladies make up the majority of models... so rock those skinny jeans and move on.

John McIlveen
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and sexes. Love who you are.

Sarah Lennie
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a woman who has been both thin, and ..well..fat, people need to chill. Just be happy you're alive and stop getting offended so easily.

Dave Clements
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Curvy" does NOT mean bigger. It comes from the hourglass shape of a classic woman's figure. That is bone structure. Super thin and larger girls can be "curvy". But just being a bigger girl does NOT make you curvy. It makes you bigger. You could have the straightest, most shapeless body ever, be bigger, and somehow you get to say you're curvy. You're either curvy or not, and slender girls who have extreme curves to their body are everywhere and large girls who don't have any curves and are simply just big, are also everywhere. Big people need to stop hijacking the damn word. Annoys the c**p out of me.

Abigail Moore
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many harsh comments :P Fat shaming, thin shaming. We are all beautiful, inside or out, or maybe we are not and that's okay too. Weeeeeee!!!!

Dave Axe
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. Just love your curves, no matter how they are. Natural beauty is the best.

Sergio Bicerra
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the ad means that, either you have big or small curves, you should love just the way you are. Why they used "skinny" girls? Cause if they used big sized girls everyone would say "Ok, it's an ad for fats, not me." Why not use a small sized girl next to a big one? Same reason, I think.

Liza Neumann
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The style of the jeans is Curves, so they are telling them to love their jeans.

LilicatUK
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is that everything must be labelled. Thin, skinny, curvy, overweight etc, it's all A BODY. Nothing, absolutely nothing will be perfect in the eyes of everyone (my cat is perfect to me but I'm sure someone will find a fault - and I'll hunt you down :D ), if we go by the "oh but they're skinny" kinda thing we might as well go down the route, oh they're women, they are white, they have all limbs, they are young etc etc etc. It should just say "love your body" tbh

Derek Hellam
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't find any of them attractive really. Under fed vs well fed? Beauty they say is in the eye of the beholder. The advert is not a very good one, other than provoking a response.

David Diaz
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thin women can be curvy. I see curves on those models. It's all about proportions that determine a curvy woman not whatever size they are.

Lucina Sandoval-Gordon
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As far as their proportions they are about the same. Both have kind of curvy butts and boobs. The first picture is just thinner.

Elizabeth Berry
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone has curves - just because some people's curves are more noticeable than others doesn't mean they don't exist-

Elizabeth Berry
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone's chemical makeup is different & everyone gains weight different- most people I know have a curvier beer belly than anything else!

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Monika Przymuszala
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Zara is a disgrace, first steals ideas from small businesses and now this?!

Anna Brandigi
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Sondre's mental state is a bit on edge... "energy disappears. Screw the laws of physics, I'm falling up!" ???

Alan Bogusiewicz
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Left photo - underweight, right photo overweight - both as bad. Couldn't you show people with a healthy BMI?

Anna Brandigi
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't you just let people be happy the way they are instead of assuming they're over or underweight?

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Dave Axe
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adds like this set up an incorrect mindset about body image. One should know what a natural figure looks like.

Crybabyartist
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they are addressing issues like bulimia? Some girls have serious health issues because they can't love their curves. Look before you leap!

Jessica
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it would have helped if the ad included 2 girls, one with small curves and one with bigger curves. That would really show well-rounded inclusivity.

Arek Reklamy
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course not curves ☺ In Polish it means the women loose morals s**t

Mer
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they're going to promote body appreciation by suggesting that curves are great, then ffs show girls with identifiable curves. Otherwise I'd rather see a line-up of all different "types" of bodies with an affirmative all-inclusive message.

monica
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everyone has their own body. the same way we are now starting slighlty bigger bodies, we should should respect all body types too. What you are saying is rude, and can cause a lot of harm.

Jules Skelton
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the the chicks on the right suffer from prediabetes. Not being mean, I'm being technical and logical. Put down the processed foods and feed your body nutrition.

Jessica Russian Sifontes
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only thing that is wrong in the original ad is the word "curves". If I had done it, it would read "love your body" and that's it.

Philipp Blum
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find this hilarious - who gets to decide what's curvy? I thought the goal is to break with the stereotypes, in every way.

Pi...
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the initial ad was for curvy camera lenses! Lol

Ryan Lankford
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh look, fatties are trying to hijack the word "curvy" again. Quelle surprise.

Bradley Fried
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7 years ago

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"full figured" and "voluptuous" weren't enough, so now they're going for "curvy". Can "thin" be far off? LOL!

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Anna Thouvenin
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So by showing you should love your curves when you're like the women on the right, you should show that you can't love your small curves when you're skinny? What's the point of that? Can't you just put one skinny and one curvy and that's all? Both the ad and the fake ad are terrible because they devaluate the other...

Susanna Vesna
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing wrong with them? They look bloody anorexic! The modeling industry should be persecuted for promoting this extra-skinny image!!

Jane Sanker
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's a little extreme. The girls on the right look fat. It's not attractive. You can big bigger, but you still need to be healthy and somewhat fit.

Karolína T.
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ooops... Photoshop disaster? The left girl has so big head to her body...?

Petar
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sorry to the ladies on the right, but not only the overweight bodies are considered "curvy". And no - overweight is not beautiful and it's certainly not healthy. It is understandable that some people would like that all bodies are beautiful, but no not all of them are and this is the truth. In this case I prefer the ones on the left.

Dudley Budsworth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The media constantly shows "curvy" women in their ads, television shows, entertainer's speeches, etc. Those "skinny" women do have curves just not curves of fat. Why can't the skinny girls have body positive images just like the fat ones?

Just a Purpler
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7 years ago

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I hate the person who made that first picture -___-

Richard Maxwell
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7 years ago

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Except that a curve is anything that isn't a straight line, so the 'skinny models' absolutely have curves. This recreation is essentially two fat birches saying "No, you don't get to love your curves because you don't have any!" It's body-shaming, plain and simple. The ad said 'curves', it didn't specify how pronounced those curves should be. Had the ad said "Love your roly-polies", then the second picture would have had merit. Instead it's just two snowflakes crying for no reason.

sneakcollector
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7 years ago

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Curves? I see tiny asses with no shape. Nothing to grab, nothing to love. Maybe they think everything above size 0 is curvy...

Marijana Andrić
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7 years ago

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This is Zara's backup for women of developing and poor countries. Because when they buy clothes at Zara, they are left with no money for food. So this ad is made to bring comfort to these curveless women. :D

Jean-Philippe Martel
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7 years ago

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But... won't someone come to the defense of those poor thin girls!!1 #thinshaming

Emanuele Muggianu
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7 years ago

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The girls on the left are skinny (and not curvy at all), the girls on the right are overweight. Nothing wrong with it, just stop finding things to criticize on every single advertising you see. I am pretty sure that "love your curves" is meant to be "love yourself as you are"

Wendy Mulderij
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7 years ago

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Their heads are the most curvy part of their body...

Leni S
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7 years ago

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well f**k fat girls are not hot either I would raher be skinny as hell than little fat

Sondre Strøm Linde
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7 years ago

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Some people are actually capable of controlling their caloric intake. Yeah, shocker, right!?

Susanne Pachtmann
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're also one of those who think depression is laziness, right? There are so many health issues that have nothing to do with the calories you are capable to controll and make you gain weight...

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