Can A Skinny Mirror Make You Feel Good If You Know It’s Lying?
by Elizabeth Licata | Sat, Jul 27 - 2:00 pm ET
My grandmother always said that if her house burned down, the one thing she’d rescue was her mirror. It wasn’t particularly valuable, but she thought it made her look taller and thinner, so she was always happy to look in it. She knew she didn’t own the only correct mirror in the entire world and all other mirrors were lying and making her look heavier. She owned a skinny mirror, and she loved it.
On the other hand, an unflattering mirror can make you feel awful. I once bought a gorgeous, ornate gold mirror with curlicues all over it on craigslist. (My taste tends towards Liberace.) When I finally hung it on the wall, however, I was horrified. I looked a couple months pregnant. The mirror bowed in the middle, and consequently expanded the stomach and hips of anyone who looked in it.
I tried to give it away on my building’s “free stuff” table, but it kept getting picked up and then returned.
Everyone’s dealt with an unflattering mirror before. After dealing with her own unflattering mirror, graphic designer Belinda Jasmine decided to go in the other direction and created a line of skinny mirrors. They have concave glass to make a person look slimmer, so he or she will feel better and get a boost of confidence. The Skinny Mirrors range from $165 to $675, but Jasmine says at least that’s cheaper than plastic surgery…
Read the full article at: https://www.thegloss.com/2013/07/27/beauty/body-image-beauty/skinny-mirror/#ixzz2avaYJdmv
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