So this was in my inbox a few mornings ago, in an ad for JCrew.
First thought: What good PR for JCrew, to hire spastic models!Second thought: Hey, that's Keira Knightley? Was she in a car accident or something, and lost the ability to hold up her head?
Third thought: No, it's not Keira, and she's just leaning in to the camera. But she must be 11 feet tall to have this kind of foreshortening.
Fourth thought: Photoshopped! (Okay, I'm a slow thinker.)
In this case, it's not physically impossible, at least, not her stance/pose. But the image is, unless she is, indeed, a thalidamide baby.
I mean, it's kind of interesting as a cultural thing -- if we were to see the "body" that these photos represent, I think we would be repelled -- I use the controversial words "spastic" and "thalidamide" intentionally. She would not look healthy. Yet this is beautiful (at least, speaking for myself).
These might be considered "art" photos (and are, I suppose, by some) - in fact, I'd be more comfortable with them as art photos than as advertisements for body image or even (or especially) for the clothes on that body. Why would I think that I could wear a tiny sparkly pink mini-skirt that is smaller side to side than the shoulders of her t-shirt? Or am I supposed to think that my hips will look tinier (a clear mistake, when we're talking sparkly pink mini-skirt).
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Unfortunately, it makes her look anorexic as well.
Do you think this is appealing to the adolescent craze for vampires? That poor girl, with all the substance sucked out of her, looks like she is presenting her neck for something.
She probably is anorexic.
And it would indeed fit the cultural meme to love vampires (sparkly beautiful vampires, not scary ugly vampires).
That body is impossible. The head looks too big.
More than that the shoulder/hip ratio is impossible. Imagine that figure stood up straight. the shoulders would be twice the width of the hips.
It does not compute.
But I do love the sparkly pink with the slightly darker pink.
From what I understand of the modeling industry anorexia is not unlikely. It is a Barbie Doll shoulder/hip ratio.
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