*Photoshopped*

[Rodarian]

Recently I beginning to notice a severe increase of graphic designers for big wig companies/advertisers are abusing Photo-shop to make people looking unrealistic.. Point of interest was the recent Ralph Lauren photo shoot of Linda Hamilton Was the photoshopped Ralph Lauren model fired for being overweight? - Fashion + Beauty on Shine... Even worse was that after 'announcing' their mistake, they fired her for being overweight ... That really curdles my milk if you ask me


I aspire to be a fashion designer but even I think having super skinny models does not bode well for body image and self esteem.

What other things have you noticed about the abuses with photo-shop in the main stream world

[rubah]

Recently?

Airbrushing is nothing new

[Momiji]

Her head is wider than her waist in that picture. Is it even possible to see that as 'attractive'?

[Jessweeee♪]

Her head is wider than her waist in that picture. Is it even possible to see that as 'attractive'?

Whoa. Like, she could fit her waist in her hands.

[scrumpleberry]

She looks ridiculously gorgeous and still mega slim unphotoshopped, this woman. Ralph Lauren is an ass and the clothes are all dull dull dull anyway. I hope she'll get some better contracts out of this.

[Formalhaut]

Thats The Most Blatantly Photoshopped Image I Have EVER seen.

Thats Sick RL. Sign her Back on. In The other images I saw Towards the Bottom Of her in Vogue She looks Stunning!

[Rye]

She looks ridiculously gorgeous and still mega slim unphotoshopped, this woman. Ralph Lauren is an ass and the clothes are all dull dull dull anyway. I hope she'll get some better contracts out of this.

Word. Their brand bores me. I associate them with middle aged men wearing polo shirts.

[Jojee]

I associate them with high class just-working preps. ;3

What a sad article. Especially since 5'10" and 120 is so slim already.

[Jowy]

i thought girls used photoshop to make their photos look sexier, not the other way around!

[IXVI]

I associate them with high class just-working preps. ;3

What a sad article. Especially since 5'10" and 120 is so slim already.

I need help determining if i'm "under weight" or to fat. because i've gotten mixed answers. I'm like..6'5'' and i'm 228 lbs. Is that to skinny, or to fat??

[Shlup]

PhotoshopDisasters

I lol.

[Rocket Edge]

Those pics made me giggle.

The way it's pretty much destroying the traditional art-form of colouring in!

[Jojee]

I associate them with high class just-working preps. ;3

What a sad article. Especially since 5'10" and 120 is so slim already.

I need help determining if i'm "under weight" or to fat. because i've gotten mixed answers. I'm like..6'5'' and i'm 228 lbs. Is that to skinny, or to fat??

Um, how can you not know if you're on either end? xD Do you <i>look</i> underweight or too fat? <a href="http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/">BMI</a> says you're slightly overweight, but shrug~ you're really tall, the number sounds fine to me x3 You're probably normal.

[Peegee]

My roommate in University was 5'9 and 125 lbs. She actually gained 10 lbs since freshman year prior to the statistics I cited.

She's very attractive but TBH I always thought she could lose stand to gain some muscle or lose some fat around the midsection. The fact that she told me she gained 10 lbs (is how I knew) is telling of the pressure such magazines give us.

But I'm the worst person on the planet to be giving this type of statement (apparently). I still stand by my claim.


On a more...tolerated note, Muscle+Fitness magazines show steroided 'athletes'. And models are known to be photoshopped and air-brushed for years now. It doesn't stop us from having an unrealistic expectation of our bodies.

Hell it took me years to get over it and I'm positive I haven't yet.

[Shattered Dreamer]

The people at Ralph Lauren are superficial idiots! I mean look at the Filippa Hamilton ad below the photo shop disaster pic in the article Rodarian posted. She's gorgeous! I find super skinny women are just as unattractive as really obese women (I know that sounds shallow but I'm making a point here). About 10 stone or 140 pounds is the recommend weight for women (this of course is based on a woman of average height which is apparently about 5 foot 4 inches in the USA if your are taller or smaller weighting more or less is okay obviously) lower then that it just starts looks unhealthy. Being able to see a womens skeleton through her skin is the opposite of sexy.

I'm 7 pounds heavier then my ideal weight for someone my height & I used to be 21 pounds heavier then the ideal about 2 & 1/2 months ago!!! Having a health body image is okay but the image portrayed by the likes of Ralph Lauren is just plain disgraceful