Thanks to the miracles of image editing, (some say Photoshop) a model can attain a whole new level of stick-thin ness. This image from a Ralph Lauren ad is remarkable, not only for its very bad rendering and representation of the female body, but for the fuss (fortunately) that it's causing in the Blogosphere and on mainstream television even. (More at 11 :-). this came to light via a site called Photoshop Disasters.
Sadly, Blogger (the host of PI here) was the service that took down this image at the command of Ralph Lauren's phony Cease and Desist letter. Boing Boing put it up again on their own server based in Canada. Hopefully Blogger (AKA Google) will see the light here, and let the images and commentary here (all permissible under Fair Use) stand. Let's see how long this one stays up!
Addendum:
Evidentally these are window displays. The one above was photographed off a window display in Japan and posted on Photoshop Disasters, this one below from Australia. Here's the link from Photoshop Disasters:
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/2009/10/ralph-lauren-hits-keep-on-coming.html
