Posted on 11/12/2004 9:52:39 AM PST by presidio9
.Lo and Beyonce can take another bow. The booty-shaking stars have shaped the newest generation of mannequins, with hundreds of well-rounded plastic backsides appearing in shop windows across New York.
Bootylicious figures clad in tight low-rise jeans have spilled from the city's street fashion stores into more established labels.
"It's absolutely the trend," said Dwight Critchfield, creative director for mannequin firm Goldsmith.
"These mannequins look great, and there is a real sex appeal about them."
The recent pop culture fixation on large bottoms has been around since at least 1992, when rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot scored a hit with "Baby Got Back."
But some credit the recent booty shakin' efforts of shapely stars Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce for the fresh emphasis on bigger and rounder posteriors, coupled with the fashion explosion of the Brazilian-style low-rise jeans.
"J.Lo was the first to stress that women shouldn't be afraid to show their curves, and the popularity of rap made that shape more acceptable," said Critchfield. "And it is about these low-riding jeans looking good on a sexy, tight fit."
The company launched a "Sex" mannequin with "a larger booty and body" tailored for fashion label Express and for stores carrying lower-end trend clothing, said Critchfield.
On the juniors' floor of Macy's in Manhattan, Guess jeans and streetwear label EckoRed display jeans on a fuller rear-end bottom-half mannequin, known as a pants form, opposite a large poster of J.Lo and her clothing label, while a DJ mixes hip hop and reggae to teen and 20-something shoppers.
EckoRed launched the new mannequin -- called the J.Lo butt form -- at the store almost two years ago and sales have since tripled.
"It is a serious sociological trend that is positive for retailers and customers in that the tyranny of the undernourished perfect model is over," said Rich Rollison of Lifestyle Forms and Display, which designed the pants form mannequin.
Other companies also are developing more realistic mannequins with larger posteriors in maternity and plus sizes.
U.S. label Lane Bryant, which caters to plus sizes 14 to 28, is launching a more voluptuous full-body mannequin across its 250 stores after a successful test run in New York.
"It originated from urban ethnic street wear, but it has transcended that," Rollison said. "Now you are going to see it projected in more urban markets and it will get bigger."
There's nothing sexy about a giant bubble butt.
And no it doesn't get any sexier when I can see the XXL thong out of the top of it either.
>>"J.Lo was the first to stress that women shouldn't be afraid to show their curves, and the popularity of rap made that shape more acceptable," said Critchfield. "And it is about these low-riding jeans looking good on a sexy, tight fit."
Well for me it was Selena who showed off her rounded bottom (not the movie, the actual singer) way before Lopez became popular. Can't say I've ever liked the stick figure look.
Fat bottomed girls!!
I was just a skinny lad;
never knew no good from bad;
but I knew life before
I left my nursery;
left alone with big fat Fanny;
she was such a naughty nanny;
heap big woman
you done made a big man of me!
Now get this;
Oh, won;t you take me home tonight;
ah down beside that red fire light;
Oh, won't you give it all you got;
fat bottomed girls
you make the rockin' world go round.
Get on yer bikes and ride!
By Queen.
MV
As an individual who is so Caucasian that he is practically translucent, I have to affirm: there is nothing wrong with the booty.
Heh heh. I have it bookmarked. :)
That was poetic!
Freddie Mercury may have been a fag, but he could sing the sh!t out of a song.
"It will get bigger"...the bottoms or the trend? Maybe Lane Bryant will be the new "In" place to shop.
That would certainly eliminate the time wasted in the "search" function!
vehor quasi in curru quadrigarum!
OH NO DEY DIN'T!
Well, you know what they say:
The bigger the cushion;
the better the pushin'.
MV
I like big butts and I cannot lie
u other brotherz can't deny
when a girl walks in with a itty, bitty, waist
and a round thing in ur face u get sprung
want to pull up tough
cuz u noticed that butt was stuck
beef to the jeans shes wearing
im hooked and I can't stop staring
oh baby I wanna get wit cha
and take ur pictcha
my homeboys tryed 2 warn me
but that butt u got makes me so horny
ooooooo rumple smooth skin
u say u wanna get my benz
well use me use me cuz u ain't that average groupie
I seen her dancin
to hell with romancing
she sweat
wet
shes got it going like a turbo jet
im tired of magazines
seenin flat butts are the thing
cuz the average black man ask him that
shes got 2 pack much back
so fellas
YAH!
fellas
YAH!
cuz ur girlfriends got the butt
HELL YAH!
shake it
yah
shake it
yah
shake that healthy butt
baby got back
mannequin with a larger booty = Yarafat-Asser
I suppose this is a healthier image than the anorexic look of the past decade.
I do think they are exagerating the curves a tad bit too much with these manequins, but do appreciate the trend is away from near starvation.
Does this mean Hollywood will be subscribing to injections to make their butts wider?
The "fat-a$$ Ho" label. Oh good.
ROFL Rush has just landed on this topic too.
Rush on this right now.
The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'
That's what I said
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo
Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?
I met her on Monday, twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day
You know what I mean
My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah
Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?
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