https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 17:54:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-260695 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:00:44 +0000 Kyle 260695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I own an advertising agency and Photoshop is part of my daily life, yet I still can get swept away by the perfect images (not Una's example) that I see in the print media. There are some masterful artists working magic...and lots of people, including me, sometimes, who want to buy the ideal they are selling. It is insidious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-260615 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:39:09 +0000 stringy 260615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This reminds me too of how some knitting pattern books take photos to disguise the fact that the knitted sample doesn't fit the model. Unlike mass-produced clothes, you can't just grab another size of the item. They'll use a bulldog clip to gather in excess material in the back where you can't see it, or have her twist and turn on a rock to make the neckline sit right. And so after you've knitted it, it looks nothing like the photo even though you made it right and picked the correct size and everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-260286 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:57:51 +0000 Lisa 260286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That model looks like a doll. I like it when models have more natural looking shapes. It gives me a better idea how the clothes will fit on a body. While I understand a site is trying to show you the clothes, it helps to have them with some curves, even better the closer the model is to my shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-260199 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:50:46 +0000 stringy 260199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I often get a giggle out of the captions on the Photoshop Disaster website: <a href="http://www.psdisasters.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.psdisasters.com/</a> - Ralph Lauren is a repeat offender for weird fun-house mirror distortions in their ads. But plenty of bad photoshopping is done in cheaper catalogues and products - too many hands, or missing limbs. I can hardly believe no-one spots these things, or that they do spot them but don't care enough to fix it! And yet there are so many... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259771 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:11:20 +0000 Sarah 259771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OT: Maya, my dad managed the Dept of Defense printing for years, and started back in the day when they used ink and presses, and even had his own ink print shop set up in the garage for awhile (complete with two presses and drawers and drawers of typeface!). He is very particular about fonts and print type and picks up on those same things like you do. It's fascinating, really. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259763 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:54:25 +0000 Maya 259763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Anthropologie has the right idea: Mannequins/dress forms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259762 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:53:21 +0000 catgirl 259762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The other thing that makes me not want to buy something is when the model looks utterly MISERABLE wearing it. I'm talking facial expression. Pouty, sultry, fierce - okay. Wretched? Not so much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259759 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:49:12 +0000 Scarlet 259759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am pretty sure that model was a character on The City or whatever that MTV show was/is with Whitney Port and Olivia Palermo (sp?). She was a side character fighting with her model boyfriend when Whitney told her he was unfaithful after seeing him at a party or something. (Forgive me, I had a brief 4 episode or so fascination with this show. I don't get much English language television here...) She looked normal model skinny on the show. That photo is just bizarro. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259712 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:04:11 +0000 Maya 259712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It does Mary! That model looked perfect the way she was. Slender but healthy, and still gorgeous despite the lack of retouching. I would be a very happy camper to look like she does naturally. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259708 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:02:32 +0000 MsMary 259708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That model looks bizarre.</p> <p>And the link Maya posted? I think the unretouched version (or, more likely, the less-photoshopped version) looks about a million, billion times better than the crazy photoshopped one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259705 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:57:22 +0000 Maya 259705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Typography geeks all over had a collective meltdown at the use of Papyrus as the font for the credits in Avatar. Did the rest of the free world notice? Probably not for a moment.</p> <p>Also, some movie that I can't remember had some kind of font anachronism that caused an uproar. I can't remember what it was. This is just an example, but it was similar: The movie was set in the 30's, but used Helvetica on all the signage, even though Helvetica wasn't invented until the late 50's. It REALLY peeved off a lot of people that so much thought was put into the authenticity of costume, but not the authenticity of type.</p> <p>Yes, I read a lot about fonts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259702 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:52:18 +0000 catgirl 259702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too funny. My sister is a film editor and when she watches movies, all she sees is the transitions from scene to scene. It's an occupational hazard... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out/page/2#post-259701 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:52:03 +0000 Barbara 259701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She is definitely 'shopped to the max. I did some modeling back in the 70s, so I am very familiar with some of the tricks the photogs use. Back in the day there was no Photoshop and models weren't so doggoned skinny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259694 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:48:30 +0000 Maya 259694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think over time I have just developed a callous. I don't even notice the models. When I do, it's usually because I want to copy their hair or something. </p> <p>I think all women should take a class in basic photo retouching. I wonder if that level of familiarity is what makes me so insensitive about this issue. I know exactly what tools they use and how they use them, so instead of seeing "distorted woman" I just see "clone stamp and patch tool." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259678 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:26:05 +0000 catgirl 259678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know, Maya! I just wanted to be clear about what I meant.</p> <p>It's frightening that someone found this to be an acceptable look, however it was achieved. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259673 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:20:22 +0000 Maya 259673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mean you specifically Una, just speaking in general based on some of the comments here...not just in this thread but whenever this subject comes up.</p> <p>I agree that Photoshopping beyond what is even physiologically possible is incredibly stupid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259665 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:02:04 +0000 catgirl 259665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya and Traci, I think that what you've said is true, and I don't think I said otherwise in my posts. My point, and what shocked me, regardless of this model's health situation, is that someone would think I would want to buy this dress based on this disturbing altered depiction of it, and of the person wearing it. If she doesn't really look like this (and I can't imagine she does), who made the decision to "improve" it, and what is wrong with their eyes?</p> <p>I am distinguishing this from deliberately arty photos like those on Haute Macabre and other sites that purposely focus on more bizarre model photos. This is clearly just a photo intended to sell a product, and it is doing the complete opposite for me. Nor is it giving me any idea of what that dress would look like on me. It's way beyond the clothes hanger concept. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259486 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:47 +0000 Traci 259486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Maya. I was trying to stay off the soapbox, so I'm glad you laid it out there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259485 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:57:12 +0000 Maya 259485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would not judge her from this picture.</p> <p>a) as I said, I'm sure she was heavily Photoshopped. Look at her waist. It's as big as her head. I don't care how starved you are--that is just physiologically impossible.</p> <p>b) in her original state, she was most likely more filled out but still very, very slim. I used to know girls in high school and college who were very tall and gangly and just could not put on weight no matter what or how much they ate. Bony shoulders and arms and 0% body fat. That's just how they were. </p> <p>c) You would not call an overweight or obese person "a beachball" or other derogatory names, would you? If you saw a plus model and said "OMG SHE IS AT RISK FOR A HEART ATTACK AND STROKE" there would be a huge backlash. Yet, when we assume the same health deficit about a thin person, everyone jumps on board. </p> <p>I'd reserve judgment. No one's health should be judged on their appearance, and certainly no one's health should be judged by some wacky Photoshopped image used in an online catalog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259441 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:08:36 +0000 Louise 259441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She definitely looks like she's in the grip of an eating disorder x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259427 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:53:55 +0000 mumtojessandluke 259427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That picture just makes me feel really sad. It reminds me of a girl from a school I taught at, anorexia was a definite issue but early days.. *CRY*<br /> I hope this girl gets a load of help, because having arms that skinny is just not right. I think if you were to see her in a fitted top you would be shocked. Anorexics often hide under baggy clothes, and this industry tends to shuffle the problem under the carpet. I'd bet they would photo shop skinny models to be a little larger if they were in fact terribly underweight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259414 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:20:07 +0000 catgirl 259414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, what I meant to say was "could it be photoshopped THIS badly?" EEK! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259398 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:32:16 +0000 Anonymous 259398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I worked in retail advertising WAAAAYYYY back in the day before there was even such a thing as photoshop. I know. Can you imagine? Anyway, even then we cropped, edited and fussed with every picture. Every single picture. Ah, the magic of airbrushing. But now with photoshop, its just so much easier to make adjustments. And clearly so much easier to go horribly, horribly wrong..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259394 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:24:13 +0000 Kari 259394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, they photoshopped her so that her waist is literally smaller than her head. Creepy indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259384 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:09:02 +0000 shana 259384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow, that is creepy! Her facial expression is also very strange - like she's in the cast of one of the Twilight movies... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259382 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:08:15 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 259382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for that reminder, Maya!</p> <p>To me, aside from the model looking very thin with a large head (though has anyone noticed large heads are very common among actors/actresses?) she seems to have a long decolletage which adds to the strangeness of the first photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259248 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:01:27 +0000 Maya 259248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Allow me to clarify any misconceptions regarding Photoshop:</p> <p>Photoshop is used on everything. Period. Every single catalog picture you see, every ad you see, every news article, stock photo, etc. Commercial pictures are ALWAYS put through the PS filter. Sometimes it's just for lighting and color correction, but for anything where the emphasis is on appearance, there is inevitably going to be some plastic surgery done.</p> <p>For catalogs and online shopping, waists are ALWAYS whittled. Sometimes with glaringly poor results. </p> <p><a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/ann-taylor-s-retoucher-strikes-again-2225865" rel="nofollow">http://shine.yahoo.com/channel.....in-2225865</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259237 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:53:15 +0000 wilson 259237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Judging by the structure of her body, this model looks like a very, very young girl who is made up to look much older.</p> <p>EDIT: No, I think its more than just that; her fingers are very bony. It is unsettling, particularly because the clothes are not even being showcased very well, especially that black dress. I will just keep my mouth closed; I could go on and on about how sad this is. I just hope that it is her natural body shape and that she is very healthy, mentally, spiritually, physically, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259232 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:45:46 +0000 Dee 259232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, the first picture looks freaky! The length from her knees to her waist looks sooo long. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-model-is-freaking-me-out#post-259231 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:44:03 +0000 Tara 259231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really hope it is photoshopped because otherwise, that looks like anorexia to me </p>