Another Ralph Lauren Anorexia Ad

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Does Polo Ralph Lauren find its models in a prison camp? Nope, it just alters them to look that way. (See the “before” version here.) Maybe uproar over this practice will prompt the company to express futher regrets. Geez! When supermodel Filippa Hamilton, who was fired in April for being “overweight,” said that the clothier owes all women an apology, she wasn’t kidding. (For the full story, read the Related Stories posts below, top to bottom.) And a hat tip to Photoshop Disasters for posting the ad.

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