"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for
something they don't need." –Will Rogers
something they don't need." –Will Rogers
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The Illusionists Yay!
Source: www.bclocalnews.com
News from Victoria and Esquimalt covering politics, entertainment, opinions, obituaries and more.
The Illusionists Heartbreak (x2)
Girls as young as 10 worry about their weight as study finds half of teenagers would consider plasti
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
A major new study suggests that anxieties about body shape begin much earlier than usually thought and a majority of girls restrict their food intake.
The Illusionists Heartbreak.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Girls as young as seven would like to change something about their appearance and half of 16 to 21-year-olds would consider surgery to achieve their perfect body, a study has revealed.
The Illusionists File under: "Inappropriate Halloweeen Costumes for a 9 year old" and "What were her parents thinking?!?"
Source: www.thefrisky.com
Noah Cyrus, Miley Cyrus' sister, dresses up sexy for Halloween.
The Illusionists The lifestyle site Bitchbuzz is featuring an article about my new project "No Country for Young Women"
Source: news.bitchbuzz.com
Elena Rossini is a freelance film maker who you may know via The Illusionists, a documentary on the marketing of unattainable female beauty that is popular on Twitter.
The Illusionists The editor of Self Magazine said: "Photoshopped magazines are just giving women what they want" Or rather what the advertisers want? #beautymyth
Source: ow.ly
Self editor Lucy Danziger (pictured) is still making excuses for Photoshopping pop-star Kelly Clarkson. The latest: digital manipulation is simply what readers want!
The Illusionists Dear W Magazine: Please stop glamorizing violence against women! Female corpses = creepy, not attractive at all
Source: ow.ly
Good news, fashionistas! Death doesn't mean forsaking your love of cutting-edge fashion. Just take a look at W's September issue, which features scads of stylish women who just happen to be posed as if they've died or are dying a...
The Illusionists "Photoshop Gone Too Far, Again" ... Apparently Penelope's nose is far too ethnic for Vanity Fair
Source: community.feministing.com
I created this collage to illustrate how horribly far the photoshopping went on what is considered a beautiful woman in this culture. Well, maybe not in US culture? Perhaps her nose was too "ethnic" for the cover, so they whittled it away.
Source: jezebel.com
This ten-page Italian Vogue editorial from February, 2006, features two Caucasian models made up to look like black women. The photographer? A certain Steven Klein.
Source: jezebel.com
Filippa Hamilton, the 23-year-old model who was Photoshopped into a stick insect by Ralph Lauren, has revealed that the brand — which later apologised for the image — quietly fired her for being overweight.
The Illusionists Another Ralph Lauren ad w/ a model photoshopped to look inhumanly thin
Source: photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com
Have you seen a truly awful piece of Photoshop work? Clumsy manipulation, senseless comping, lazy cloning and thoughtless retouching are our bread and butter. And yes, deep down, we love Photoshop.
The Illusionists And the award for Most Sexist Toy of the Century goes to... "My Cleaning Trolley (Girls Only)"! Because every little girl secretly dreams of becoming a cleaning lady...
Source: ow.ly
On the upside, the design seems to encourage janitorial ambitions more than housewifely ones; at least she might get paid for cleaning someday. On the downside, it's a pink cleaning trolley branded "Girls Only." Barf. Sob. Barf again. [Buzzfeed]
The Illusionists Footwear designer Christian Louboutin is creating a new Barbie collection... with smaller ankles because the previous ones were "too fat." Oh dear. Barbie is already impossibly skinny... is Louboutin giving her toothpick-sized ankles?
Source: www.wwd.com
Upper East Siders Gigi Mortimer and Courtney Moss have teamed up to create a line of accessories just in time for the fall chill. page 7
The Illusionists It's that time of the year again: Halloween! Turn your little girl into a call girl with wildly inappropriate costumes...
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Hand on hip, staring provocatively at the camera, the heavily made-up 'tween poses in her "Dark Angel" costume complete with lace bustier, fishnet tights and strappy high heels.
The Illusionists Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld: "No one wants to see curvy women." So preposterous and infuriating!
Source: ow.ly
BERLIN - CURVY women have no place on the catwalk, iconic German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was quoted as saying Sunday, after a magazine said it was banning skinny models in favour of 'real women'.
