My aunt taught me to never use the “F” word.  I’ve seen her boil over when someone uses it around her, and believe me, I have no desire to incur that wrath.

“You can say F*CK all you want,” Aunt Dotty admonishes thoughtless people, “but don’t you dare say FAT.”

A LITTLE TOO FAT

Earlier this week designer Karl Lagerfeld made the mistake of referring to the singer Adele as “a little too fat,” and subsequently incurred the wrath of women all across America.

Perhaps Lagerfeld has forgotten that the woman who made Chanel No5 famous was a far cry from the Size 0 models with whom he works today:

Marilyn Monroe, Chanel No5 Ad

Lagerfeld with Chanel Models

I look at Adele, and I think she looks real.  She looks like she could be my friend, my sister, my client, my neighbor.  She is beautiful and natural.  She is a role model for my daughters, and for daughters/sisters all across America.

Lagerfeld thinks he can right his wrong by apologizing, by saying that his quote was taken out of context.

How do you take “a little too fat” out of context?  

How does it mean anything other than “a little too fat”?  

Sure, he followed the comment with “...but she has a beautiful face, and a divine voice.”

Well, Mr. Lagerfeld, she does have a beautiful face and a divine voice.  America doesn’t need you to proclaim that.  She also has a beautiful body and a beautiful spirit, and shame on you for suggesting there  is anything “wrong ” with her at all.

THE LAST WORD

In the true spirit of beauty, Adele trumped Lagerfeld’s criticism with words to live by:

“I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.”

SOURCES:

“Adele.” Web. <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eB3wk_lAzck/Tn-azeogOGI/AAAAAAAAHwo/DVFXpO-WC9s/s1600/adele.jpg> 10 Feb 2012.

“Adele: ‘I Represent the Majority of Women’.” The Orange County Register. 9 Feb 2012, Web. <http://www.ocregister.com/articles/adele-339529-majority-represent.html> 10 Feb 2012.

Chanel. Web. <http://marka.net84.net/credit.html> 10 Feb 2012.

“Cheryl Cole and Adele Land on Under 30 Rich List.”Web. < http://skisseboden.blogspot.com/2011/12/cheryl-cole-and-adele-land-on-under-30.html> 10 Feb 2012.

Feingersh, Ed. “Marilyn Monroe, Chanel No 5.” AllPosters.com. Web. <http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Marilyn-Monroe-Chanel-No-5-Posters_i5034247_.htm> 10 Feb 2012.