Ralph Lauren

Recently a website called boingboing.net became entrenched in a battle with Ralph Lauren over the photoshopping mistake, (at least we hope it was a mistake), in one of the brand’s ads. Boing Boing blogger Xeni made comments criticizing the size of the model, who is ridiculously emaciated, and suggested that perhaps it was a photoshop error since the model’s “head is bigger than her pelvis.” Rather than responding appropriately to the criticism Ralph Lauren instead tried to shut down the site’s post claiming it violated copyright infringement laws, which it did not. It’s unfortunate that rather than address these concerns, Ralph Lauren co. resorted to taking low blows at the site. This model has obviously been photoshopped to inhuman proportions and the ad should be replaced.