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Mad Men bringing sexy back

September 12, 2010

 Is there anyone in the fashion world that’s blowing up bigger than Christina Hendricks right now? No pun intended…

Honestly though, this girl can do no wrong and while we can’t all look like that (I’m pretty sure none of us can look as amazing as she does…), apparently in the fashion world it’s not that enviable…
"Most of the time Christina can't fit into samples. Sometimes she can get into it if it has a little stretch, but not often," says Lawren Sample, Hendricks’ stylist.

"She's a woman, she's got a woman's body. But most actors these days, there's nothing to them - they're a clothes hanger."
While the 35-year- old actress's curves - her vital statistics are reported to be a 38DD-26-34 - are the envy of Mad Men fans, designers prefer to steer clear.

"If you have a fitting with anyone else - her Mad Men co-star January Jones, for example - she's going to get 50 beautiful runway samples sent to her," says Lawren.

"We need to have dresses made. If we don't have them made, we have to get a larger size that's been made for someone else but never worn, or a vintage piece."

Lawren has to beg, buttering up the designer, saying Christina is a "huge, huge fan" of their work. Yet nine times out of ten, it is still a flat "No".

"They'll say: ''Unfortunately, we don't have the sizes to support her,'' or ''Unfortunately, we only have a size two or four.""

Elie Saab, one of the most popular designers among Hollywood stars, declined to dress Hendricks, saying: "We only carry sizes zero to two."

Amazing when you think about it really…

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