http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/14/living/feat-cindy-crawford-body/index.html
The unretouched photos of former model Cindy Crawford at 48 posing in lingerie is generating a lot of buzz about what real women look like. Does she look great or ghastly?
Your thoughts?
Neither. She looks like an unretouched woman. Not perfect, not hideous. It’s the lack of Photoshop in general that makes it a big deal, as it’s a common practice in magazines nowadays, especially for women of Crawford’s age. I think it’s a good change. We often have unrealistic expectations of the way our bodies should look.
Great!
She looks fine except for the outfit. Where is she going in that get up?
Whoops. I’m not a parent, I just saw this in the recent posts thing and wanted to comment. Just realized it was in the parent cafe. Sorry!
Because she’s harshly lit and contorted in fashion shoot style, the image makes her body look somewhat less model-like. But if she were photographed or simply lit normally, we’d be talking more about how freaking great she looks for her age.
Mango6986- you are welcome here. No need to apologize.
Oh come on! What over 50 woman didn’t look at that and say "damn! I guess I don’t look so bad after all!"haha! I know I did.
Truth be told, at 66 I think I look a heck of a lot better than she does. In the midriff/tummy area, at least.
That’s what I’m saying. I felt darn good about myself. Of course her face is still incredible!
Mr. B says I look better than Cindy Crawford?! Wow. 
She looks like a normal woman of this age should look like. Can further benefit from a few series of push-ups a day and definitely can do better than those horrid looking undies. But otherwise, she looks just fine!
Having large babies that carry low can do things to your abdomen and belly button that can’t be undone.
Since I am almost ten yrs older & have never been s supermodel, I was thrilled to see that comparatively, I look pretty good!
Of course I am still not Crawford, ( or ten yrs younger), but considering what my inside must look like, my outside is doing a good job of faking it.
And especially considering the amount of photoshop that men & women in their physical prime, utilize, I think that Crawford and Jamie Lee Curtis and any one else who " dares to go un retouched", is pretty refreshing.
I personally think she is a beautiful woman, but the whole thing makes me a little uncomfortable. There’s another opinion piece on CNN that I found interesting as well -
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/16/opinion/drexler-cindy-crawford/index.html
I didn’t realize it was shared without her permission. I guess I assumed it was part of a photoshoot like Jamie Lee Curtis photos from a couple years ago.
Sorry, Cindy!
I think that her position and the lighting/shadows are not flattering at all. Look at her legs: perfectly toned, no cellulite, but for some reason they look blotchy. I doubt that they do in real life. Sure, maybe she has some stretch marks. If she were photographed lying on her back, it wouldn’t emphasize them the way this does. I figure that they don’t care about that sort of thing because it is a given that all pictures will be photo-shopped.
The sags are fine, but the sun-damage to her skin from deliberate sun-worshipping is scary. At only 48, she looks like a burn victim. The texture of her skin on the upper chest & thighs looks like discolored, brittle, ancient parchment. Makes me want to trowel zinc oxide all over and hide in the shade.
I have always thought that Cindy Crawford is gorgeous and she still is. But she is 48 and has had 2 kids, so she is just NOT going to look like she did 25 years ago. The fact that this is news just seems very sexist and ageist to me.
The lighting and that feather-thing are very unflattering. If she posed in just the lingerie looking straight at the camera, I think she would look much better.
Agree that my initial thoughts were - wow, my abs and thighs look like hers and we both have lots of sun damage to our chests. That said, her face is still fabulous. She has much better bone structure than I could ever dream of.
@GMTplus7, my first thought on seeing the picture was “sun damage.” Ms. Crawford is in great shape with good muscle tone, but the skin on her thighs and abdomen has been leathered and creased. I remember seeing a picture of Helen Mirren at 60 in a two piece suit. She looked amazing, and the skin on her torso was undamaged. It is really striking how sun exposure can age skin. I could kick myself for my stupidity in youth (Hawaiian Tropic, reflective “tanning mat”).