Ralph Lauren Admits Responsibility For ‘Distorted’ Ad

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

Fashion House Ralph Lauren has confirmed that an ad, which sparked uproar online over what appeared to be an abnormally thin model, was indeed an approved photo released by the company.

“For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and integrity. After further investigation, we have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman’s body,” a rep for the company said in a statement on Thursday to Access Hollywood.

Click HERE to see the ad.

On Wednesday, the advertisement, which features model Filippa Hamilton, went viral not only because the image featured the model looking like her hips were smaller than her head, but also because the company demanded that culture blog Boing Boing take the image down over claims of copyright infringement.

According to The Stylelist, the image first came to light after it was sent in to the Photoshop Disasters Web site, from a tipster who spotted it at a Tokyo Mall.

While Access Hollywood hasn’t been able to reach the model for comment about the “distorted” image, the rep for Polo Ralph Lauren said in their statement that they will work to avoid altering women’s bodies to this degree in the future.

“We have addressed the problem and going forward will take every precaution to ensure that the caliber of our artwork represents our brand appropriately,” the statement concluded.

fucking hell

just wrong

i know alot of GERLZ that would love to look like that.

Wow....

See, this shit pisses me off to no end. Those people KNOW the power of their ads' influence,,,,,and unfortunately, the so many ill informed young girls are the ones who REALLY get the raw deal and they do think that looking dehumanized is attractive.

No wonder why insecurity & low self-esteem are running rampant in our society,,,,these people have absloutly NO regard to plain figured women, NONE!!!

It is really getting ridiculous. I love movies from the eighties and before when people looked like real people. No perfect boobs, no perfect noses, just human body parts.

dothejump said:

That shit is ridiculous.

They didn't even try...looked liked someone wasn't skilled at photoshop or doesn't know what woman look like.

Maybe it was all on purpose.
I can't really remember the last time everyone was buzzing about Ralph Lauren.

So, who's Jack Skellington going to date now?

It's not gonna make these silly women out here stop buying his clothes. I work in the retail fashion industry selling RL fashions for sizes 14w-24w and even those women see that add and still want his fashions. The industry has been brainwashing women for a very long time and will continue to do so, regardless.

Some one PLEASE give her a PIE put a bit of meat on them bones because the next thing she will be wearing is a coffin

It's just an unusually shitty image manipulation, relax. The model is probably too thin also in real life, but the person photoshopping that picture must have been on drugs.

Gross.

Hell yes you learned it. You DID it!! And it ain't like it's the first time.

Someone thought this looked good?

Graycap23 said:

I'm sayin'


You can place a praying mantis head on that body and it would look convincing.


Who the hell was responsible for that sit? Where are her hips? Her thighs? Where? Where?

I wonder what the original looked like

I'm gonna snap her in half with a pair of chopsticks

cute outfit. but they really thought that was a convincing image altering?? for real now it just looks stupid. maybe that's what they were trying to get across before it backfired on them

E.T. made it with a mallrat and this is their love child.


Yikes!!!

She's still pretty in the face. Is that an old Brooke Shields pic?

Apparently ANYONE can get hired to do photoshop. I want in if total bullshit can get me by