Two for one sale on the perpetuation of poor female body image perception!
Story number 1: Remember this story? Where a clearly photoshopped Ralph Lauren model appeared on Photoshop Disasters, and then Ralph Lauren filed a complaint on account of copyright infringement (conveniently redirecting the story from the OMGWTFBBQ of the ridiculous body image)? Yeaaaaaah... it gets worse.
Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton: I was fired because I was too fat!
Ralph Lauren's clothing company fired the model whose body looked emaciated in a touched-up ad because she weighed too much, the woman told the Daily News Tuesday.
Filippa Hamilton - whose hips appeared slimmer than her head in the recent altered ad - said her contract was terminated in April because she was too heavy.
"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," she said.
The 5-foot-10, 120-pound stunner was amazed to see her body digitally distorted for Ralph Lauren Blue Label.
"I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face," she told the Daily News. "It's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that."
Hamilton, 23, worked for Ralph Lauren since about 2002 and considered the company like a second family - until she was bounced.
Then out of nowhere last week, the altered ad - which appeared only in Japan - caused a sensation and drew the ire of critics who thought it appeared sickly and unrealistic.
Polo Ralph Lauren said in a statement Tuesday night that Filippa is a "beautiful and healthy" woman but their relationship ended "as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us."
"The image in question was mistakenly released and used in a department store in Japan and was not the approved image which ran in the U.S. We take full responsibility," the statement said. "This error has absolutely no connection to our relationship with Filippa Hamilton."
Hamilton's lawyer, Geoffrey Menin, said the image is "gross distortion of how she really looks and which we fear will be extremely damaging to her."
Hamilton is concerned about its impact on the public.
"I think they owe American women an apology, a big apology," she said. "I'm very proud of what I look like, and I think a role model should look healthy."
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For record's sake, here is the model who is supposedly too fat:
Also, here is the digitally altered image that caused the first drama:
But what's that you say? You thought this entry was going to be a twofer? Heehee! You're right! Presenting MORE FAIL:
Barbie has cankles!
Christian Louboutin is the latest designer geared to give Barbie a makeover, with three dolls he's conceived top to toe due to be released over the coming months. Louboutin has even reshaped the dolls' figures as he doesn't find the classic Barbie’s morphology très flattering. "He found her ankles were too fat," said a Louboutin spokeswoman, who revealed one of the dolls would be released in time for the Cannes International Film Festival. "They're completely wild and even come with mini Louboutin boxes for the shoes," she said.
Source.
*facepalm*
Between this, and discovering today what they've done to Dora the Explorer, fashion/marketing industry?
Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton: I was fired because I was too fat!
Ralph Lauren's clothing company fired the model whose body looked emaciated in a touched-up ad because she weighed too much, the woman told the Daily News Tuesday.
Filippa Hamilton - whose hips appeared slimmer than her head in the recent altered ad - said her contract was terminated in April because she was too heavy.
"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," she said.
The 5-foot-10, 120-pound stunner was amazed to see her body digitally distorted for Ralph Lauren Blue Label.
"I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face," she told the Daily News. "It's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that."
Hamilton, 23, worked for Ralph Lauren since about 2002 and considered the company like a second family - until she was bounced.
Then out of nowhere last week, the altered ad - which appeared only in Japan - caused a sensation and drew the ire of critics who thought it appeared sickly and unrealistic.
Polo Ralph Lauren said in a statement Tuesday night that Filippa is a "beautiful and healthy" woman but their relationship ended "as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us."
"The image in question was mistakenly released and used in a department store in Japan and was not the approved image which ran in the U.S. We take full responsibility," the statement said. "This error has absolutely no connection to our relationship with Filippa Hamilton."
Hamilton's lawyer, Geoffrey Menin, said the image is "gross distortion of how she really looks and which we fear will be extremely damaging to her."
Hamilton is concerned about its impact on the public.
"I think they owe American women an apology, a big apology," she said. "I'm very proud of what I look like, and I think a role model should look healthy."
Source
For record's sake, here is the model who is supposedly too fat:
Also, here is the digitally altered image that caused the first drama:
But what's that you say? You thought this entry was going to be a twofer? Heehee! You're right! Presenting MORE FAIL:
Barbie has cankles!
Christian Louboutin is the latest designer geared to give Barbie a makeover, with three dolls he's conceived top to toe due to be released over the coming months. Louboutin has even reshaped the dolls' figures as he doesn't find the classic Barbie’s morphology très flattering. "He found her ankles were too fat," said a Louboutin spokeswoman, who revealed one of the dolls would be released in time for the Cannes International Film Festival. "They're completely wild and even come with mini Louboutin boxes for the shoes," she said.
Source.
*facepalm*
Between this, and discovering today what they've done to Dora the Explorer, fashion/marketing industry?
