Photoshopped to Look Emaciated.
Submitted by pat on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 09:53
You may have already heard of Filippa Hamilton, 5'8" and 120 pounds, recently fired by Ralph Lauren. She claims it was because she was too fat. Here she is looking her normal self. And here she is after being photoshopped to take off the pounds. Here she is in a video.
This reminded me of the recent tour I took of the new El Camino Hospital. There's a wing on the top floor run by Lucille Packard Children's Hospital for teenagers with eating disorders. That's in addition to their outpatient eating disorder clinic. Wonder where these young girls get the idea that they are too fat?
Take a look at the links above and tell me what you think.
Just as the fashion world
Just as the fashion world seemed to be coming around to promoting realistic portrayals of women, designer Ralph Lauren has come under fire promoting an unhealthy aesthetic of dangerously thin women checking account.
Bloggers have slammed the legendary American designer for an ad that shows model Filippa Hamilton in what appears to be a heavily altered photo. The ad in question appeared on Boing Boing, with a blogger noting “Dude, her head’s bigger than her pelvis.” Indeed, Hamilton, whose thin body appears to be in keeping with the fashion industry aesthetic of tall and incredibly thin, looks emaciated in the photo los angeles real estate.
But the fashion house did not take well to the criticism and slammed the site, claiming that the use of the image was a copyright infringement. Boing Boing shot back saying it was fair use because the reproduction was being used for purposes such as “criticism, comment, news reporting etc atlanta homes for sale.”
Still, despite the legal issues, we were concerned by the imagery in the photo. The message of a model who is already probably less than 115 pounds having 20 pounds digitally removed from her body is disconcerting at best. After Glamour magazine and other fashion sites have been praised for the use of plus size models home insurance, some are arguing that Ralph Lauren is moving backward.
Perfectly stated.
Perfectly stated.