Tuesday, April 12, 2011

on the racks: allure goes naked

Each year, Allure does a Naked issue featuring celebs who strip down and talk about their body image and being comfortable with no clothes on.

This year featured Keri Hilson, Kaley Cuoco, Bridget Moynahan, and Ashley Tisdale.


"Everyone has their idea of what you should look like. 'You need to get into the gym.' 'You need to wear less clothes.' 'Wear dresses and skirts.' 'Put a weave in.' 'Cut your hair.' 'Color your hair.' There are so many ways that others tug at you. We do a lot of things to seek validation: I have to get more expensive handbags or fake lashes or fake boobs. This shoot was about dropping all that."


"I have not told my family about this, and I'll tell you why: Until they see the photos, they won't understand. All a mother or father hears is the word 'naked.' When I told my mom about the shoot, I left out the part about taking my clothes off. I was way more excited than I ever thought I would be. Which made me realize, I'm more comfortable in my own skin than I thought."


"I never roam around in bikinis, and I am only naked in the privacy of my own home. In this electronic age, it's not safe to be naked anywhere else, even in locker rooms. I've been in the business a long time, so it didn't really faze me. I was completely comfortable."


"I'm 25, almost 26, but people think of me as much younger because I look young. Being in this shoot was me saying, 'I'm not just the young girl everybody thinks I am. I'm actually a woman.'"

Everyone's talking about Ashley for some reason, but I think Keri got her answer the best.. Just sayin'. That woman is far to underrated with everything she does.

love,
elizabethany

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