Agreed, this is without a doubt the most important attribute of a bike.

1. There should be quite some people who'd see that absolutely differently - those earlier fork bends can have something asthetically 'plump'. (So you could've very well marked that comment as your personal opinion = "IMHO".)
2. The seat cluster of the Gazelle is "considerably more elegant" (IMHO). Now what?
3. The Gazelle is completely made of top end tubing (531), has the most rigid stay construction, the best working derailleurs, blah blah - I could go on and on.
So she might (!) even be the better bike (even if not equipped with decals that prove the particular bike is GREAT).

What I wanted to point out is, that the usual suspects - be it french "constructeurs" or italian "maestros" [who just built ladies frames] of the past as well as some contemporary american builders - pretty much profit from a kind of hype [not] typical for the bike crowd.
Just as in "italian snobs".



Now come on, "let the flames begin" ... :-D