Top fashion house Ralph Lauren has apologised for using a grotesquely Photoshopped image of a model, in which the woman’s head is made wider than her waist.
After the bizarre image was criticised online after being spotted in Tokyo, the company’s first response was to accuse the sites reproducing it of copyright infringement in an effort to cover up its blunder; being ignored (such usage is protected by “fair use” provisions in the US and elsewhere), they eventually decided to issue an apology:
“After further investigation, 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.
We have addressed the problem and going forward will take every precaution to ensure that the calibre of our artwork represents our brand appropriately.”
Doubtless next time they will remember to shrink her head as well.
Charities and healthcare professionals dealing with eating disorders have long castigated the fashion industry for promoting unrealistically and unhealthily thin figures; with few men even attracted to such skeletal waifs it is a wonder they continue to insist on using such emaciated models.
No wonder Aya Hirano is worried about her bloated frame…
Via the Daily Mail.
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aya's such a whale
Hmm. I was expecting a story of those kids in the US being charged of child porn. When they're kids themselves....
lol i want medium waist oppai bust and medium hip, too thin looks bad...
Chubby girls are fine too as long as the B:W:H ratios are within reason.
+1!
what if B:W:H is 5:1:4 ?
that's just bad... 100 b 20 w 80 h?
prostitute zombie anyone?
It's the scarecrow woman. Run for your lives. Where is Batman.
Cleaning up after the joker,that joker venom is nasty stuff.
I like fat chicks.
You like Aya.
I prefer Aya over this anytime...
What good is a fatty that has no tits?
It's all about the voice.
I like big buts and I cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny.
^But honkeys can.
Even white boys got to shout:
Baby got back!
+1
BUT
Happy?
3d pig disgusting
3d mutant irritating
Agreed. +1
2d scarecrow disgusting.
Seems Ralph Lauren learned the term nendroid
We can only hope.
Anon post rule ftw
They should finally stop using that heavy photoshop and xxs models.
Photoshop rules! By the way, if they can't find models skinny enough, why not use some skeletons from anatomy class or animatronics?
I didn't think this day would come, but I agree with Aya.
I think the real sick thing that the models aren't even photoshopped into skeletons to appeal to men (no man could want that broomstick) but apparently to appeal to women. Maybe it goes like this: "You'll look slim in this." Then next season all models are slim and a little retouching is required to get the desired effect and you get a sort of photo-editing arms-race.
I think maybe young girls need to be told what men really want, and how much diversity there is. It's weird that you should have to do this, but it looks like society needs a kind of reality check.
Why this are here i dont get it ?_?
some kind of torture ?_?
Because it appeared in tokyo.
Also because it's among the candidates for "reason why Aya Hirano will soon be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa". Seriously, try living as a celebrity surrounded by this kind of imagery 24/7. After a few weeks you will imagine tons of flab where there isn't a single gram.
actually, this have been going for some time lately. And it's quite an issue for models and health care - and photoshop users. There's even an attempted lawsuit for this case.
Wouldn't be surprised if the picture wasn't photoshopped.
Yes sir, +2
Whoever was tasked with the shopping of that photo must have been watching too much One Piece.
that's just disgusting
Even if you ignore the un-naturally thin waist, the proportions of her arms and legs are royally fucked up.
This kinda reminds me of that one really tall alien from the end of Close Encounters...
The photoshopped version looks scary.
It's just not right :|
It's stupid that they first tried to
cover it up. I hope they learned their lesson.
It's quite sad how the fashion industry is nowadays..
~ can someone say ~ "Olive Oyl"?
Popye, Heeeeeellllllppppp~!!!
BETTY BOOP!
Always knew Artefact liked 'em a bit freaky.
I wonder if I'm allowed to comment here... since I've been blocked to comment the sexy idol article
yep
Uggggh...
Holy shi~! This Ralph guy probably watched too much Code Geass and Onepiece...
If that were the case her hands and feet would be HUGE.
..which she already has...
If the photoshoped girl were shorter, she'd be a Nendoroid.
The person that shopped this clearly has a distorted view of the human body... Or did it for the lulz.