My idea of a fine runway model.
A bill now working its way through the French Parliament would ban websites that promote eating disorders through “thinspiration” and starvation tips. I’m sure, since it’s a French bill, it was partly inspired by all the somewhat unappealing bony models who walk the Parisian catwalks, particularly that one sad Brazilian model who died from anorexia a few years back.
Skinny Guinea advocates an Italian lifestyle, and that means looking and feeling good without deprivation. Skinny Guinea embraces the classic Italian body type for women: curvy, with a little padding in all the right places. To achieve this look, it is essential that you eat really great Italian food and enjoy it immensely. You just don’t want to be a pig about it.
The photo above of Claudia Cardinale gives a good example of what I’m talking about. Okay, the waist is impossible, probably all girdled in and hence exaggeratedly small, so don’t worry about that too much. But the hips and thighs, especially the thighs, would give Karl Lagerfeld an aneurysm. This girl could not set foot on a Prada runway. So be it. We love her.
If you’re interested in looking more like Claudia Cardinale than Mary-Kate Olsen, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned for upcoming Skinny Guinea spring recipes to keep you looking and feeling properly and proportionally Italian.
Erica De Mane 
Hey Erica,
I like a supermodel as much as the next guy, but I don’t know if I’d want to sleep with one. This is the girl I want in my bed.
Thanks for the pic.
Please put up more steak recipes.
Eddie
Paisana, I adore your “skinny guinea” blog, and have been living instinctively, albeit less elegantly and eloquently, off your savvy principles for years now – hence my body like a teenager (well…indulge my hyperbole, wait-who wants to look like a teenager? let’s settle on “svelte”) while approaching middle age.
I must however comment on the following
“Skinny Guinea advocates an Italian lifestyle, and that means looking and feeling good without depravation”
I completely rely on “depravity” for my fine form.
Indulgence in other (non fattening) pleasures curtails my urges to seek satisfaction in gastronomic gluttony.
While all of my italian-american aunts (6 of them total) puffed up a bit in the 60s & 70s, most figured out eventually how to moderate their portions – never of course compromising quality or “fat content” or deliciousness of the ingredients.
Those who remained “round” capitalized on and highlighted the beauty of their gorgeous, neapolitan legs.)
Perhaps you meant “deprivation” ? Well, then I am with you my adorable muse.
Nicole
Hello Nicole,
Thank you so much for catching my spelling error. I don’t want any of my readers to be deprived. Depraved, well that’s another matter. Here at Skinny Guinea we pass no judgments and only want everyone to be happy and beautiful, so whatever it takes for you to get there is fine, as long as you eat the finest Parmigianno, drink the best Barolo, and seek out the freshest fava beans.
Onward and upward.
Erica Assunta