Are my glutei maximi visually enhanced in this?
Does this make my bum look big?
For years, men have learnt to feign deafness when asked the great unanswerable question: “Does my bum look big in this?”
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Lisa Macintyre, of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, is conducting an inquiry into women’s bottoms. Though hardly a first in absolute terms, this may well be — as she claims — the first scientific study into how clothing can affect the appearance of the female backside.
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She believes that her latest research project could have important implications for designers and retailers. Female volunteers wearing hundreds of types of clothing will have their bottoms photographed for the research.
Participants will then be asked to look at the pictures to assess how big or small each model’s backside appears.
The line forms here.
Posted: Wed - December 28, 2005 at 05:27 AM