Yahoo Lifestyle Lara Stone Is Nude, Unairbrushed In New Photoshoot
In a week that saw Kim Kardashian bare all in a full frontal photoshoot, British model Lara Stone has followed suit - sans Photoshop.
Stone, who has a one-year old son with husband David Wallace, told The Edit she chose to go unretouched in a deliberate effort to show other women what a real post-baby body looks like.
"Everyone's got arm flab or saggy boobs," Stone told The Edit. "It's the way it is. I'm just trying to accept it right now. And it's OK, because the things women can do with their bodies are amazing. You have to sit there and really think about it: 'Oh, I grew this little person's fingernails in my tummy.' After that, do you really give a s*** about arm flab? Because I don't."
Stone was also refreshingly honest about her pregnancy, telling Sunday Style that the whole experience had been "frightening".
"Being pregnant affected my work quite early on - it's not like you can work until you're eight months pregnant," Stone explained. "It was quite frightening seeing my body change so much."
The model, who says she "ballooned" during pregnancy, admitted she worried about the impact of the weight gain on her body, because her body is her "job and livelihood".
"Also, I like working and I don't like sitting around at home, so I really wanted to get back into things," continued Stone. "It's nice once the baby's here, but then I was like, 'I really want to do something again.'"
Stone said she felt "shunned" by designers when she was expecting, which she hadn't been expecting.
"I've had a few meetings because when they hear pregnancy they freak out a bit," she said at the time. "So they need to see if I fit in their clothes. Everyone's so nice to you all the time. And its like, 'Ugh, you don't have to be'. It feels quite alienating because its like everyone's just lying to you. Because everyones like, 'You're great!' And you're, 'Well, obviously I'm not.'"
And while other celebrities seem to gloat about fitting into their skinny jeans just days after giving birth, Stone says the reality of her pregnancy wasn't quite so glamorous.
"I was in maternity jeans at nine weeks. I was bloated all over, had limp greasy hair, no energy and I could eat (and waddle) for England," she said. "There is so much pressure these days to look fantastic during pregnancy and to lose the weight within days of leaving [the] hospital. I have nothing against those who do, but it's not normal. Your body changes hugely during pregnancy and it takes time to go back."
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