Bravo to BoingBoing and Corey Doctorow!
October 9, 2009 | Filed Under Popculture, Social idiocy | 1 Comment
Ralph Lauren is suing them over the reprint of an ad in which they make fun of the ridiculous photoshopping that made the model so thin her head is bigger than her pelvis. They refuse to back down. KUDOS!
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/06/the-criticism-that-r.html – Read the article. It’s priceless!
(update – model gets FIRED by Ralph Lauren: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220397/Photoshopped-Ralph-Lauren-model-Filippa-Hamilton-fired-fat.html )
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“Ralph Lauren apologises for digitally retouching slender model to make her head look bigger than her waist”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1219046/Ralph-Lauren-digitally-retouches-slender-model-make-look-THINNER.html
Too little too late IMNSHO, but Photoshop Disasters and Boing Boing get honorable mention.
I also found to be of some interest:
“A Move to Curb Digitally Altered Photos in Ads”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28brush.html?_r=1