Thursday, October 15, 2009

So sad, it’s stupid

You know Ralph Lauren fired Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna for being too fat. Yea, I thought the same thing. I think she something like 5’10 120lb. I know, I know, whoa mama, she’ll blowin up the scale.

Anyways, in case the height to weight ration didn’t illustrate just how stupid the Ralph Lauren decision was, the recent Photoshoped billboards of Filippa prove the point.

Umm yea, does this look natural? Her head is wider than her waist. WTF?

Rachel Maddow did a short piece on this yesterday. Watch and Enjoy!

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16 comments:

Classic Twist said...

Those pics are horrible...it's just silly.

diane said...

Ralph's an idiot.
That girl is lucky to move on to better things.

paddle to shore said...

WOW- We live in a very scary world if we consider 5'10 and 120 pounds 'too' fat. Thanks for sharing this, I hadn't heard about it. I hope this girl gets a big contract with some other company.

janis said...

agh! that's incredibly sad.

those pictures look so disgusting! what is ralphie thinking??

Vanessa Stern said...

WTF!!! I just love Filippa, and always thought she was one of the more healthier, beautiful models! The photoshopped pics look like retarded, fake, and ugly! I love Ralph, but am considering a temporary boycott! Thank you for posting this!

Kelly said...

this entire issue is so sad and maddening. when i first saw the photoshopped photos all i could think about were those Candy's ads from about 10 years ago where the heads were all blown out of proportion, but on purpose!

xo
kelly

Intrinsically Florrie said...

This is so silly! (to put it mildly) And very, very sad.
In no way is she anywhere near fat, and the photoshopped version just looks crazily unhealthy and unnatural.
I understand photoshopping if the model happened to come in with a huge pimple on her forehead on the day of the shoot, but distorting body size and shape is wrong.

thefatandskinnyonfashion said...

this was a hot mess

Joanna Goddard said...

oh my goodness! her waist looks RIDICULOUS in those photos! thanks so much for this great post. xo

Angie Burr Design said...

I agree with Diane. Ralph Lauren's creative department is dumb and uninspired. and I bet they're loving all this bad press.

Andrea said...

Very sad!

L'armadio del delitto said...

It's ridiculous!

DolceDreams said...

Absolutely disgusting...
Nathalie

stacy di said...

the photos look freakish...I just don't get it!

Frances Davison said...

UTTERLY ridiculous.

Michael Grubb said...

I've been a photographer of women for over 20 years and I strongly prefer women who are healthy and wholesome and got curves. I think most men do? The "heroin look" does nothing for me.