THE CRITICISM RALPH LAUREN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE!
(Boing Boing)
As if women don't have enough problem, here's yet another example of the fashion industry inspiring squadrons of bulimic women desperate to stay hip to the latest trends by starving themselves to unrealistic proportions. Just recently we discussed the ethic of photoshopping in class and here we are -- this is obviously completely altered. For goodness sake, her head is bigger than her pelvis! Is this any way attractive? In all honesty, I'm sure the model shown is positively mortified that she looks like some sort of alien, sub-human species. And here, the company who blogged about the lunacy of Ralph Lauren's marketing ploy is being sued. However, they are not backing down in the face of opposition and are using this as an opportunity to mock the pompous figureheads of the Ralph Lauren company. Hear, hear!
The ethics of journalism should still apply to advertisers, who are obviously getting away with murder. Had a journalist falsely edited a photograph, well the media would be up in arms against their fellow reporter. But apparently the leeway the ad industry gets gives the fashion industry the audacity to destroy the expectations of their audience. Eat a sandwich and get a clue.
Link to story at boingboing.net:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/06/the-criticism-that-r.html
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