Even if I did have, you know, a ’Sports Illustrated’ body, I’d still wear elegant clothes.

Adele contrasts an idealized, media-defined physique (a “Sports Illustrated body”) with her own priorities in self-presentation. The line rejects the notion that fashion is merely a tool to compensate for perceived bodily shortcomings; instead, she frames “elegant clothes” as an expression of taste and identity that would remain constant regardless of body type. The quote also lightly critiques celebrity/body culture by implying that even the most socially celebrated body would not change her aesthetic values. In this way, it reads as a statement of self-assurance and autonomy: style is chosen for pleasure and self-definition, not as submission to external standards.