Yesterday, around 30 protesters held a rally outside Ralph Lauren's NYC flagship to demand that the company stop using images of models who've been Photoshopped into unreality for its advertisements. Protest organizers said they even envision a legislative solution.
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How does a celebrity keep a fading, potentially unflattering story about digital manipulation alive? She gets her legal counsel to intervene with a stern missive to bloggers that, like many women's magazine images, bears little to no resemblance to reality.
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Slimmed thighs, whittled waists, smoothed skin: Digitally altered women were de rigueur in the 00s. There were many, many Photoshop Of Horrors images to choose from, but these are the 15 most egregious examples of image retouching in this decade.
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Maybe, since the plot involves the ladies going to Dubai, it's supposed to look like a mirage? Thanks to the desert in her shades, I'll be humming "Rock The Casbah" for the rest of the day. [Buzzfeed]
Not content with existing forensic analysis of Demi Moore's strangely-angled hip on the new W magazine, one conspiracy theorist suggests the magazine superimposed a Balmain runway shot of Anja Rubik. Crazier things have happened, but this theory is rather farfetched.
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Harley-Davidson's Veteran's Day ad campaign — currently plastered all over YouTube's homepage, among other properties — indulges in some very thorough Photoshopping of model Marisa ("Barbie Toe") Miller.
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The other day, a few eagle-eyed commenters pointed out that Demi Moore's left hip on the December cover of W mysteriously receded to the point that appears narrower than her thigh. So...what happened?
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A group of doctors and academics have submitted a report to the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority, saying retouched images make women and girls as young as five hate themselves. They want disclaimers on ads, but will that make a difference?
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Betty and Don Draper make smoking and boozing look glamorous. But all that hard living is more likely to ruin their perfect facade than their respective extramarital affairs. Check out what we think the Drapers could look like in 1983.
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"What I would like to see is an open apology to her and also affirming ads to women of all shapes and sizes and a statement that these women are beautiful." — NOW VP Erin Matson, on Ralph Lauren. [Radar]
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So I came across this ad in a magazine last weekend and immediately realized that something is not right. Her proportions are about as realistic as Barbie's and her right leg makes my head hurt. (Also, I wanted to try out the new tip system)
"For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and integrity… we have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman's body…" [Extra, BoingBoing]
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Carrie Underwood: Photoshop Victim?
Perhaps I'm just trained to look for weird Photoshop errors, especially in Self magazine, a publication that supports and defends the use of Photoshop, but there's something a bit...off about Carrie Underwood's legs in this picture, right? [Just Jared] More »Photoshop Of Horrors Hall Of Shame, 2000-2009
Slimmed thighs, whittled waists, smoothed skin: Digitally altered women were de rigueur in the 00s. There were many, many Photoshop Of Horrors images to choose from, but these are the 15 most egregious examples of image retouching in this decade. More »Photoshop Of Horrors: SATC 2 Poster
Maybe, since the plot involves the ladies going to Dubai, it's supposed to look like a mirage? Thanks to the desert in her shades, I'll be humming "Rock The Casbah" for the rest of the day. [Buzzfeed]Was Demi Moore Photoshopped Onto Model's Body For W? Not Likely.
Not content with existing forensic analysis of Demi Moore's strangely-angled hip on the new W magazine, one conspiracy theorist suggests the magazine superimposed a Balmain runway shot of Anja Rubik. Crazier things have happened, but this theory is rather farfetched. More »Photographer Bets $5,000 On Demi Moore W Cover Retouching
Although Demi Moore has denied that her W cover was dramatically Photoshopped to accidentally remove part of her hip, a photographer who also noticed it is calling bullshit... to the tune of $5,000. More »Marisa Miller's Head Is Bigger Than Her Waist
Harley-Davidson's Veteran's Day ad campaign — currently plastered all over YouTube's homepage, among other properties — indulges in some very thorough Photoshopping of model Marisa ("Barbie Toe") Miller. More »The Curious Case Of Demi Moore's Left Hip
Readers Not That Into Self's Pseudo-Kelly Clarkson
More Experts Call For Disclaimers On Photoshopped Ads
A group of doctors and academics have submitted a report to the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority, saying retouched images make women and girls as young as five hate themselves. They want disclaimers on ads, but will that make a difference? More »Official First Family Portrait Released
Two things: 1. These people are ridiculously good-looking. 2. How happy are you that photographer Annie Leibovitz didn't turn the shot into a Photoshop of Horrors? [The Official White House Photostream]Age Progression With Betty & Don Draper
Betty and Don Draper make smoking and boozing look glamorous. But all that hard living is more likely to ruin their perfect facade than their respective extramarital affairs. Check out what we think the Drapers could look like in 1983. More »Self Editor: Photoshopped Mags Just Giving Women What They Want
NOW VP Wants Ralph Lauren To Apologize To Model, Everyone Else
"What I would like to see is an open apology to her and also affirming ads to women of all shapes and sizes and a statement that these women are beautiful." — NOW VP Erin Matson, on Ralph Lauren. [Radar]10/15/09
So I came across this ad in a magazine last weekend and immediately realized that something is not right. Her proportions are about as realistic as Barbie's and her right leg makes my head hurt. (Also, I wanted to try out the new tip system)
Yet Another Ralph Lauren Photoshop Of Horrors
Ralph Lauren may have apologized for Photoshopping model Filippa Hamilton into a stick figure earlier, but what about the image at left from a window display in Sydney, Australia? Didn't anyone notice she looks like a Bratz doll? [Photoshop Disasters] More »Ralph Lauren Fires Photoshopped Model For Being "Too Fat"
Vogue's November Cover: Photoshop Of Horrors
Ralph Lauren Takes Responsibility For Photoshop Of Horrors
"For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and integrity… we have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman's body…" [Extra, BoingBoing]