# Does Christina Hendriks look bigger than normal in these pics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884 "2010-10-30T16:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/81 "2010-11-01T21:47:32Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > My current measurements are 42-31-42. When I drop 20 pounds, those will all go down by an inch or so and I don’t even wear the extreme foundation garments to achieve the natural hourglass. Its just how I’m shaped. When I do strap into a corset, I can get my waist down to 26 or 24, but THAT just looks obscene… Good. _Be_ obscene, and let prudes just faint dead away when you pass them on the street. I know about 5 thousand guys that would admire your figure a great deal (Heck,\*\* I\*\* admire it!) but I do wonder if you get tired of hearing it. (I never would!) ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/82 "2010-11-01T22:06:46Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Good. _Be_ obscene, and let prudes just faint dead away when you pass them on the street. I know about 5 thousand guys that would admire your figure a great deal (Heck,\*\* I\*\* admire it!) but I do wonder if you get tired of hearing it. (I never would!) Well, thank you. But I actually don’t hear it much. I’m kind of a hermit in my self-employment and I live in a town where the more desired are either A) younger, thin Asian girls or B) gay men. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/83 "2010-11-01T23:48:01Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > My current measurements are 42-31-42. When I drop 20 pounds, those will all go down by an inch or so and I don’t even wear the extreme foundation garments to achieve the natural hourglass. Its just how I’m shaped. When I do strap into a corset, I can get my waist down to 26 or 24, but THAT just looks obscene… To be clear, regarding the foundation garments, I was talking about on the show Mad Men, where her waist is definitely portrayed as more than 9" smaller than her hip. There’s no doubt foundation garments are utilized. Probably a girdle, possibly a corset. I bet she cranks that sucker down to [26 at least](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/joan-mad-men2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/mad-men/&usg=__fBxs5tA4qBw6VxnoOz8RTBin_eE=&h=413&w=678&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&sig2=es6MsIBTO-PPApxugmsUrw&zoom=1&tbnid=5M2NWYbRTCmibM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=171&ei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmad%2Bmen%2Bjoan%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS397US397%26biw%3D1069%26bih%3D586%26tbs%3Disch:10,184&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=514&vpy=227&dur=859&hovh=175&hovw=288&tx=115&ty=115&oei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&biw=1069&bih=586). [Compare to her waist in this outfit](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JoanHollowayMadMen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/mad-men/&usg=__jSii3r9AJsBFOD-OMOaW26jJ2G4=&h=400&w=266&sz=23&hl=en&start=18&sig2=aL6LoueF3jJ_l7lcb3cSrw&zoom=1&tbnid=GdlVLB96mkPIzM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=95&ei=-U_PTOz_KIK8lQfJ9pXRDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmad%2Bmen%2Bjoan%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS397US397%26biw%3D1069%26bih%3D586%26tbs%3Disch:10,184&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=476&vpy=307&dur=1182&hovh=205&hovw=136&tx=100&ty=181&oei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:18&biw=1069&bih=586), probably closer to her natural figure; still distinctly hourglass but not so extreme (note both images are from the same season of the show). ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/84 "2010-11-02T00:09:21Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > To be clear, regarding the foundation garments, I was talking about on the show Mad Men, where her waist is definitely portrayed as more than 9" smaller than her hip. There’s no doubt foundation garments are utilized. Probably a girdle, possibly a corset. I bet she cranks that sucker down to [26 at least](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/joan-mad-men2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/mad-men/&usg=__fBxs5tA4qBw6VxnoOz8RTBin_eE=&h=413&w=678&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&sig2=es6MsIBTO-PPApxugmsUrw&zoom=1&tbnid=5M2NWYbRTCmibM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=171&ei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmad%2Bmen%2Bjoan%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS397US397%26biw%3D1069%26bih%3D586%26tbs%3Disch:10,184&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=514&vpy=227&dur=859&hovh=175&hovw=288&tx=115&ty=115&oei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&biw=1069&bih=586). > > [Compare to her waist in this outfit](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JoanHollowayMadMen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/mad-men/&usg=__jSii3r9AJsBFOD-OMOaW26jJ2G4=&h=400&w=266&sz=23&hl=en&start=18&sig2=aL6LoueF3jJ_l7lcb3cSrw&zoom=1&tbnid=GdlVLB96mkPIzM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=95&ei=-U_PTOz_KIK8lQfJ9pXRDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmad%2Bmen%2Bjoan%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS397US397%26biw%3D1069%26bih%3D586%26tbs%3Disch:10,184&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=476&vpy=307&dur=1182&hovh=205&hovw=136&tx=100&ty=181&oei=Sk_PTMPzGIH6lwfY8cXjCA&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:18&biw=1069&bih=586), probably closer to her natural figure; still distinctly hourglass but not so extreme (note both images are from the same season of the show). Makes sense. I could put up very similar pictures of myself, showing how dramatic the difference is… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/85 "2010-11-02T00:40:33Z")
Well, I WAS going to suggest that the only way to really know how curvy or plump someone may or may not be is to see them naked, at which point it usually stops mattering. But now that we’ve gone from abstract celebrity curves to specific and present curves, that would just be crass. So . . . corset, eh? – Have I mentioned you can also use rope to get the underwire effect? They’re really very versatile . . . ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/86 "2010-11-02T00:58:23Z")
Breaking news: [Christina Hendricks and her mother](http://gawker.com/5678779/what-her-mama-gave-her%5B/url) spotted walking. I think part of what’s going on with Ms. Hendricks is that because she’s held up as a non-waif beauty (rare in Hollywood), people tend to scour for pictures of her in order to “prove” that she isn’t as hot as she looks on TV or in magazines. I’m a big fan of The Superficial, and you can’t take the posts on it seriously. The whole point is that it’s written from a hyper-chauvinistic point of view, with the “character” of sorts that the blogger created being the butt of most of its jokes. The comments section tends to be something of a jackal pit, but that’s the internet for you. I love Ms. Hendricks on Mad Men and understand that she naturally wears a lot of shaping clothing for that role. In my eyes, her beauty is undiluted in modern dress. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/87 "2010-11-02T01:18:37Z")
She looks smallish for her in that picture, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Idee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@Idee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/88 "2010-11-02T01:28:27Z")
I think she is gorgeous and I thought I read somewhere that she is planning on dieting, which I see no need for. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/89 "2010-11-02T02:12:24Z")
Y’all know she was braless and corsetless and, um, clothesless on _Firefly_, right? That waist doesn’t need much nipping, is all I’ll say. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/90 "2010-11-02T02:25:00Z")
She WAS?! Oh, you meant Ms. Hendricks. Well, that’s good, too. – I’ve been meaning to watch that anyway . . . ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/91 "2010-11-02T02:29:58Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > Breaking news: [Christina Hendricks and her mother](http://gawker.com/5678779/what-her-mama-gave-her%5B/url) spotted walking. I love the earnest attempt of the author of the post to get a dig in, and the almost entirely uniform reaction of the commenters in _totally not picking it up._ Suck it Maureen, you hideously malformed troll. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/92 "2010-11-02T04:17:41Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Y’all know she was braless and corsetless and, um, clothesless on _Firefly_, right? That waist doesn’t need much nipping, is all I’ll say. I’d say that was a good 30 pounds ago ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/93 "2010-11-02T05:19:27Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > So . . . corset, eh? Yep - I own several… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/94 "2010-11-02T14:46:41Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Y’all know she was braless and corsetless and, um, clothesless on _Firefly_, right? That waist doesn’t need much nipping, is all I’ll say. A person who actually had the roughly 42-26-42 proportions in the “blue dress” picture (first of my two links) would look unattractive to most people, if not downright freakish, naked. That’s similar to the not-actually-attractive-on-a-human [proportions of a Barbie doll](http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/05/real-barbie-proportions-business_distortion.html) (39-23-33). Christina Hendricks has a gorgeous body, don’t get me wrong. But she absolutely uses corsetry on the set of Mad Men. Because she’ is molding her body to the affectations of fashion, and foundation garments were de rigeur at the time. Her character wouldn’t dream of going out without a girdle and bra reinforced with foam rubber, at the minimum. The very first lightweight bra was designed in 1964, and Joan is very conservative, fashion-wise, for the era. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/95 "2010-11-02T17:59:50Z")
Male who thinks she’s hot in general… The pics in the OP link are very unflattering and make her look much bigger than she is. The skinny jeans look terrible on her and on people of her body type in general. She would rock a fitted slack out of this world. I’d consider her “big” in that she’s probably carrying an extra 20-30 pounds of soft weight (non-athletic muscle) for her frame compared to her Firefly days. She carries it very well distributed though and is someone who can easily fluctuate +/- 30 pounds and have it barely be noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/96 "2010-11-02T19:50:00Z")
Well, I’ll go first then. Doesn’t do it for me at all. I think those clothes are way too tight for her body type. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/97 "2010-11-02T19:59:39Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > Hmm, I think my reaction would be more like '[HOLY CRAP BOOBIES’.](http://cdn02.cdn.thesuperficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1029-christina-hendricks-drive-12-480x720.jpg) I concur. A woman who looks like that turns heads, period. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/98 "2010-11-02T23:46:54Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I’d consider her “big” in that she’s probably carrying an extra 20-30 pounds of soft weight (non-athletic muscle) for her frame compared to her Firefly days. She carries it very well distributed though and is someone who can easily fluctuate +/- 30 pounds and have it barely be noticeable. What is “non-athletic muscle” wrt to “soft weight”? Surely, you mean fat (more than likely a fair amount of adipose tissue and some excess visceral fat), right? Because she certainly doesn’t look like she’s got a great deal of muscle under there, but then I don’t know whether she can crush walnuts with her belly button. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/99 "2010-11-03T00:07:12Z")
Like the fist of an angry god. S’all I’m sayin. Y’all are just bein’ catty. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884/100 "2010-11-03T01:36:47Z")
Ok, I meant to describe rubbing my chin and saying ‘Omoshiroi’ to myself, sounding \*\*exactly \*\*like Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo. Then I’d follow up with “To be fair, while the corset has its intrinsic appeal, I’ve found it more useful as an indicator. Their presence is usually a sign that there’s an interesting woman somewhere in the vicinity.” Then I went and posted it in the wrong thread. – It means ’Interesting.’ Spock ripped it off from him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-christina-hendriks-look-bigger-than-normal-in-these-pics/558884.md?page=6)