Yes Ralph, You Can be Too Thin

After apologizing for the photo chopped and screwed debacle with model Filipa Hamilton (who was released from her contract with the company for not fitting sample clothes at 5’10” and 120lbs), Ralph Lauren is being called out again. Photoshop Disasters published this photo from a window display in Sydney, Australia that shows model Valentina Zelyaeva with freakish proportions.

While we don’t think the fashion industry alone can be held responsible for eating disorders and distorted body images, this certainly doesn’t help their case. We would love to do first hand investigation into the saying that you can never be too rich, but there has to be some acceptance that there is such a thing as too thin. These praying mantis style figures are neither natural or humanly possible of anyone over the age of 12. Fantasy in fashion is one thing, this type of fiction is another.

When the luxury extraterrestrial market opens up, images like these will no doubt spark interest. Until then, it’s obvious someone in the “retouching” department needs to come back down to earth. For comparison’s sake, the black and white photo is of a woman who survived Holocaust-era starvation experiments. Her hips and torso are larger than those in the heavily altered image of Zelyaeva.

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