Fashion News – September 1, 2011
I’m not quite sure how this happened, but esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz is now shooting Sears catalogs. Not just any Sears catalog, but a “Kardashian Kollection” catalog. For a woman who has taken some truly iconic photographs (Johnny Depp and Kate Moss on the bedsheets, anyone?), this is one of the worst Photoshop jobs I’ve ever seen. Though Khloe Kardashian is 8 inches taller than her 5ft 2inch-tall sisters, Kim and Kourtney, her proportions are almost identical in the image. Not only that, but Kim’s copied and pasted physique is in completely different lighting to the others. Fakery on this...
How Dianna Agron Lost 20 Pounds
Though the tone of my blog is forcefully optimistic, sometimes the What The Hell Flag needs to be raised. Upon seeing the image above, I had to question the motives for Cosmopolitan to so bizarrely Photoshop the beautiful body of Glee star Dianna Agron. Their September cover shows the naturally stunning actress with a dramatically reduced waist, shrunken left hand, twigged-out arms, and harshly shadowed decolletage. Has Photoshop become such a normality that the media is now chopping, manipulating, and shading to a point of…ugly? I get the need for polish in post-production as it can add to an artistic...
New Breed of Magazine Cover
Can I get an Amen from the anti-Photoshop brigades? Glamour has just released the very first talking magazine cover for their June 2011 issue. The covers features actress Olivia Wilde and effortlessly marks the growing relationship between the era of the iPad and the fashion industry. Get it....
Leighton Meester Times Trois
Yes! Leighton Meester is back on the style circuit. Above, we have the official ad for Vera Wang’s “Lovestruck” fragrance – shot by Carter Smith – which Leighton is the spokesmodel for. The ad is a little bit Pretty Woman and unnecessarily Photoshopped, though brush off-able. C’mon, it’s Leighton. For the fragrance launch, Meester wore a Vera Wang Pre-Spring 2011 top and pants, Roger Vivier shoes, and Cathy Waterman jewellery. Later on, she joined Vera Wang to light up the Empire State Building. The landmark was illuminated in red and white to raise awareness about DKMS, the world’s largest bone...
Siri – Street Style Supreme
Above we have Siri Tollerød on the cover of Vogue México March 2011 by David Roemer, looking a bit like a floating head. Below, we have a natural, street style-savvy young woman. Though her cover was expertly styled, her beauty truly exceeds anything natural without Photoshop....
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