An Idea For Ralph Lauren and His Fat Models

Ralph Lauren, the designer known for creating yawn-inducing clothing for middle class esteem seekers, has been under fire lately for the almost comical heavy-handed photoshopping of one of his models. To make matters worse, the model used in the ad has just been fired by Ralph Lauren for being too fat. Ralph Lauren claims Filippa Hamilton's size 8, 120lb body was too huge to fit into his clothes so he fired her.  Since Ralphie Boy likes his women skeletal, he should consider replacing his models with a fleet of life-size skeleton models. They don't eat, don't complain, and best of all, they have wheels! This makes it easy for he and his stylists to push them around the lawns of country manors and yacht clubs for photo-shoots. By using life-size skeleton models, he'll never have a problem with fit nor will he waste time and money photoshopping his models to look skeletal. Problem solved.

While I'm on the subject of Ralph "Lauren", I'd also like to suggest he start using his real name: Ralph Lipshitz.  I suppose the fake "Lauren" sounds more aristocratic than "Lipshitz", but I'd actually consider buying his clothes if I got to ask, "Excuse me, can you tell me where the Ralph Lipshitz clothing is located?" LIPSHITZ! Say it! It's wonderful! He really missed out on cashing in on his real last name, but I suppose since he's all about fakery and perceived affluent lifestyle, it wouldn't have worked out as well. Medium: disastrous photoshop schlockery

Comments

[lala]

i was never a fan of RL's designs and refuse to buy anything of his label... good to know i am not the only one

[sweet subversion]

Fucking Ralph Lauren ... have you ever noticed that the people who wear his clothing are all pricks?

[carte memoire 8gb]

I never knew Lipshitz was his real last name. This whole ridiculous thing has caused quite a discussion amongst my friends and I'll have to share this link with them!

[(secretly in love with 14)]

If your Lipschitz, my ass whistles!

[Anna]

That let me think of the Corpse Bride.

[CC]

Bravo for your commentary on this disgustingly unhealthy ad. But according to reports, the model was a size 4, not a size 8. Even worse!

[Bionic Squirrel]

I found those ads to be absolutely baffling. I couldn't believe that they were actually putting them out there, when they look the farthest thing from realistic. They made the girl look completely deformed! Look at the length of her pelvis... and the fact that her hips are about two-thirds of the width of her shoulders. It's completely bizarre. There's no way anyone in the art department (or any other area of the company) could have thought it looked attractive and that the changes were imperceptible... I really wonder if it was a marketing attention-seeking ploy, to get everyone talking about him.

[Karen]

Thanks for your illustrations - as if girls and women don't already have enough pressure to try to look beautiful...all we need is for the idiot designers to photoshop the models to skeletal size - they already are too skinny if you ask me.

[Rebecca]

"lip - shit - z"
Kind of sums it up.

[ARRRRRRR!!!!]

NOT ORIGINAL I know, BUT am going out as a pirate on Halloween, where can I get one of those 'puffy/pirate' shirts?

[johnathan]

if you own a shitty brand, with horrific clothes, just make controversial advertising to jack things up

hey, it worked for calvin klein...

[Killershoes]

Poor old fart just hates women and got caught being a jealous ninny.

[La Boheme]

Memo from RL Art Director:

Great work, but the model in that top image has a pelvis that's just a little too wide. Can you Photoshop it down a little? Thanks.

[midi]

Perfect 14, only, I think your models are a little too fat - well, actually, Very Fat, but I'm trying to be nice, darling.

[Psychochick]

What a jackass.

[sage]

Sadly this child model's photo had to be skinnified too. So sick.
www.briandilg.com/imaging/

[Vern]

Glad I could help, Julie!

[Red]

Rrruuuaaallppphhh! Buh... excuse me. I couldn't hold it down anymore ALl that celery and vodka. Gawd I'm such a pig.

[rinaz]

Fantastic. Why get a model at all when you can get a skeleton.

[Claire]

There's no way that model is a size 8. I'm her height, a size 8 and have 35 lbs on her.
She's not the skeleton they photoshop her to be, but she certainly isn't a large marge either.
http://img120.imageshack.us/i/filippa-voguede0504-8.jpg/
Her arm is toothpick-y all on its own!

[Julie]

"How appropriate his real names both mean VOMIT, seeing as how that's both how he makes us feel AND what he demands of his Fatty Fatty Boombalatty models!"

What a brilliant comment, Vern!! I will never again be able to look at anything Ralph L without thinking VOMIT thanks to you .......

[Charlene]

His name was actually Lifshitz, with an "f". As in "life shit".

[Liz]

His niece, Jenny Lauren, had a SEVERE eating disorder and wrote a book. I'm sure she's appalled by her uncle's actions.

[MJed Lance Von T.]

And I thought Karl L. was crazy because he dragged his identically dressed teddy bear along with him to strategy meetings.

[Lisa]

I love you...

[Heather]

I love it. This whole ridiculous thing has caused quite a discussion amongst my friends and I'll have to share this link with them!

[Vern]

How appropriate his real names both mean VOMIT, seeing as how that's both how he makes us feel AND what he demands of his Fatty Fatty Boombalatty models!

(that was hard to type because I am shaking with laughter at this! the lip(shit)stick on the first model is killing me!)

[Kamala]

Nice! Glad you did something with this. When I saw that ad I could not BELIEVE it!! So gross. And I never knew Lipshitz was his real last name. Brilliant!!!