Victoria's Secret? Photoshop! Twelve Airbrushed Angel FAILS (PHOTOS, POLL)

If there's anything Victoria's Secret has taught us, it's female anatomy. We've studied the Angels' bodies atop the catwalk, we've learned to love our bodies, we've tackled the question "what is sexy?" and we've discovered that 20 layers of butt makeup can do wonders.

But it seems that even Victoria, the self-confident, sartorial sage, might be a little overzealous in the airbrushing department. We've rounded up a dozen of the lingerie brand's Photoshop fails. Which of the images are totally blotched? And which don't look that bad?

Thanks to Photoshop Disasters for the inspiration.

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[LtRainnAron]

01:08 AM on 07/18/2010

Some of them, no. Some of them yes, but who can say that first one isn't badly done?

[stagebandman]

06:13 PM on 06/29/2010

I think the writer needs glasses. I just wasted 10 minutes of my life. Thanks a lot.

[truth67]

04:24 PM on 06/25/2010

being a garment has its perks

[takecourage]

09:14 PM on 06/12/2010

This is a terrible article.

[Balzac]

04:51 PM on 06/10/2010

Sweet, hot, tight.

[alexandra1986]

09:53 AM on 06/10/2010

and another

http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/onlineProductDisplay.vs?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=GP-256876&page=1&cgname=OSSWMDDDZZZ&rfnbr=5632

[wadda]

05:35 PM on 06/09/2010

I see more plastic surgery and author envy than photoshopping.

[helloworld2008]

04:06 PM on 06/09/2010

I've done lots of life drawing in addition to knowing my way around Photoshop. It's really unlikely that anything more than retouching (smoothing skin, fixing lighting, cleaning up) was done on these photos. The writer is fooled by the positioning and angles of the models, and the fact that photos are a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional object. eg. If one thigh is forward and one is to the side, since thighs are not cylinders, one might appear wider. Lame.

[myguess]

03:10 PM on 06/09/2010

I shoot thousands of images of models in swimwear, lingerie and all other types of apparel for e-commerce and catalogs. I have also retouched hundreds. Honestly, I don't see a single image in this entire set that is that suspect. Even the images that look a bit odd can/could be explained by a camera angle or positioning of body or limbs. Although I am certain retouching was done, retouching is always done, I can also tell you that on images that are meant for e-commerce or for catalog the amount of retouching done is much less than for other uses. Some of the captions are silly and completely puzzling. The "single legged" comment is really odd since you can clearly see the other leg in the pic. Strangest "exposition" I've ever seen.

[StephBr]

02:59 PM on 06/09/2010

The clown that came up with that story should spend sometime on a shoot and learn about reflectors.I used to shoot this kind of thing, yeah, somebody has to do it, sorry, and I found very little to say about the "airbrushed" images.
Even the term airbrushed is silly, join the 21st.

[AlaskanToo]

02:57 PM on 06/09/2010

Yup, anyone who hasn't used Photoshop is like what it looks fine when it's obvious these were poorly done. It looks like something my granny would do.

[SugarGroveModerate]

02:37 PM on 06/09/2010

Most of these (except the obvious) look fine. Is it just me?

[TheGripester]

02:16 PM on 06/09/2010

I think most of these shots are the result of starvation and surgery, with a good amount of painstakingly contrived posing. Much less "airbrushing" (actually photoshopping) than the author of this piece claims.

[LateForTheSky]

01:50 PM on 06/09/2010

They look fine to me. Must have been a struggle to come up with something snarkey about each and every picture.

[GreenEyedGuru]

01:32 PM on 06/09/2010

whoever wrote this article apparently doesn't know what 'airbrushing' is.