![]() She was described as the ‘girl of the moment’ by teen Vogue in its January issue and has been in adverts for Ralph Lauren and Benetton and featured in Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine and Japanese, French, American and Russian Vogue. Miss Okamoto is represented by Ford Models in New York and Premier in London, two of the world’s most prestigious agencies. The picture sparked outrage on internet forums.Ī post on the Huffington Post blog said: ‘You wonder why the clothes never look the same on you? It's not the anorexic model, but the retouching to make the piece look perfect, like it never will on a human.’Īnother posted that she ‘looks like one of those tall beings in Avatar’ whilst another wrote: ‘She looks suspiciously like someone from Area 51.' Japan-born Miss Okamoto, considered a rising star in the world of modelling, was airbrushed after she posted to advertise the £100 Ralph Lauren Black Label Mercerized cotton polo shirt. 'Size zero' models have been accused of contributing to the development of eating disorders and magazines have been condemned for doctoring cover photos of celebrities to make them look skinnier. Last year the fashion house was forced to apologise for distorting model Filippa Hamilton's size-eight frame to advertise its Blue Jeans label.Ĭritics have long pointed out the toxic effect of putting such unobtainable goals in front of women, especially young girls. 'It's not a common practice for us, but we have done it on a case-by-case basis.’īut by doing so Nordstrom has dragged Ralph Lauren into another Photoshopping row. ‘There have been times when we have "thickened" or added weight to a model or "thinned" a model by smoothing out bulges that may distort the shape of the clothes. ‘After taking a closer look at the final image, we think the smoothing was a bit heavy-handed and we're disappointed with the result. we also smoothed out her left hip (something that we neglected to originally mention). It said: ‘For the sake of clarity the orange T-shirt photo was indeed retouched: we smoothed out the model's nipples, removed a few wrinkles from the pants and shirt and punched up the shirt's colour. In a statement Nordstrom said it had ‘misspoken’ when approached about the pictures of Miss Okamoto, who was modelling an orange Ralph Lauren polo shirt.
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