Beauties: Christina Hendricks

When you see Christina Hendricks in contemporary dress, it's almost jarring how out of place her voluptuous body and dainty, porcelain face appear to be--it's as if the real world can't quite contain her. She is built to be an idealized period piece, whether as a 60's bombshell in Mad Men, pictured here, or a futuristic conwoman in Firefly. Whew, not since Lynda Carter dressed up as Wonder Woman have we seen a wasp waist like this.

NB: Sadly, I think the undergarments required to make the vavoom happen in quite this way are deadly uncomfortable, and I despair of ever recreating this look, but it does make me wonder: why don't doctors offer women torpedo-shaped implants in addition to the humdrum, melon-shaped kind, just for the sake of variety?

Comments

[jkonrad]

I sat and watched the marathon of "Mad Men" yesterday, and she is truly amazing---her face, her movements, her total use of every space in which she stands---I see that her name didn't appear on the Emmy list---what an oversight. She's "va voom" looking and subtle acting---just think she makes the show.

[Tina]

She is beautiful indeed.

[Nancy Rommelmann]

I nearly always wear torpedo bras. You can get good ones on eBay and also at the sort of lingerie shops that cater to the geriatric.

[Kate]

I am sorry to say (from personal experience -- eep!*) that every lady in the cast is suited up in a mid-thigh-to-bra-strap girdle. It really affects your posture, in ways you can't even imagine.

Although snug, and a little restrictive, I have to say it wasn't too bad. But I was in the extremely cooled studio, not out on the streets of L.A. The stockings that clipped onto attached garters were much worse, and the ancient heels were...argh.

And Nancy's right -- the bras are widely available. The one wardrobe gave me looked new or maybe very slightly worn.

(*interned on the show last year, got cast as a non-speaking extra in the scene where Peggy and Ken cast a voiceover. Make up and hair did such a good job, my own parents didn't recognize me.)