Check out the other photographs from the Vogue Series in the article' link to Style.com. What does each have in common? There are four pairs, and each is a male athlete (James, Phelps, Ohno, and White) paired with a female supermodel. In turn, three of these men are generally considered not just athletes, but Olympians (I excluse James since his popularity in the NBA overshadows any Olympic basketball performance he might have).

So what does it tell us when Vogue's shape issue portrays four male Olympic gold medal winners against four, um, pretty women? I don't think there's much to think about here. The right "shape" is obviously athletic men and waif-like, beautiful women. The article all but says right out that women are just not meant to be athletes - at least, not according to our style "experts". There were plenty of American female Olympians who won gold in both 2004 and 2006. Omitting them like this can really be construed only as sexism.