Saturday, February 12, 2011

Going Too Far

We all know that clothing companies photoshop their pictures.  Sometimes, they go too far.

Here are catalog-pages from Victoria's Secret and Talbot's where they amputated the poor models' limbs!



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14 comments:

  1. Kallie, Happy Honey and LarkFebruary 12, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    I hate to say it, but the over airbrushing just makes me LOL so hard. Whenever I see it I sort of guffaw to myself because not one person believes that a person can look like that. Not to say people missing limbs couldn't model, but in these cases its clearly just an airbrushing mistake.

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  2. FrancyFebruary 12, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    HA! That is funny! It is so glaring.

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  3. lawyerdollFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    Hmph! Maybe their models ARE missing limbs, and you're very un-PC to make fun of them, you savage!

    ROFLMAO... couldn't keep a straight face while typing that!

    You're up awfully early... don't tell me you're working today to get more billables in?

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  4. ReanaclaireFebruary 12, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    hello shybiker, i came by via Lynette's blog.. actually i m looking for some fashion/shopping blogs to write reviews.. can you pls drop me an email so that I can furnish you with more details?

    reanact(at)gmail.com

    Thanks!

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  5. MiniFebruary 12, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Haha, there is a homepage called photoshop disaster(http://www.psdisasters.com) where it's all about stuff like that. I laughed so hard at a few.

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  6. FuzzygaloreFebruary 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    What better way to lose a couple extra pounds?

    Terrible. I know. ;)

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  7. LouiseFebruary 12, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    lol I wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't point it out! some people need to go easy with the photoshopping xx

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  8. BonnieFebruary 12, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Baaaaahaahahaahhahaaahahaaha.

    http://glamkittenslitterbox.blogspot.com/
    Twitter: @GlamKitten88

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  9. Dear Girl WallflowerFebruary 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    oh hahaha!! poor model indeed! =)this is funny!

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  10. dimiFebruary 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    OMG! Why do they even do it?? Do they think this is appealing?

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  11. JodiFebruary 12, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    this is pretty bad alright.. but its good reminder to us all when we still have that creeping notion that if only we lost the weight, got the boobs or botox or nip and tuck that we could manage to look like that one day!! OIY

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  12. UnknownFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Oh wow! This is creepy that no one noticed this in all of the photoshopping madness! When I see magazine covers with a model with a 'perfect' body/complexion it angers me because this is who media wants us to measure ourselves against. Not only is it unrealistic, it's also unhealthy (and a lot of times unattractive!) I loved Dove's campaigns because they used real people and it was beautiful!

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  13. Jenarcissist @ the closet narcissistFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    I recently left comments for Forever 21, one of my favorite stores, because their current models are so skinny that I am HOPING they are Photoshopped because I can't stand thinking that real girls would look that unhealthy and skeletal. I wanted to cry looking at them.

    I know we're all supposed to know nowadays that all that stuff is Photoshopped and rise above it. But I think there is still something that sticks in our brains anyway.

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  14. LorenaFebruary 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Besides the very obvious.... limblesness
    VS probably shed tons of money for the catalogue AND someone from VS had to approve the final draft ....

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