Ann Taylor Website Glitch Reveals Un-Retouched Images (PHOTOS)

Some sort of tech error on Ann Taylor's website mistakenly revealed how the brand's photos look before retouching. Jezebel first noticed the pics on Tuesday afternoon, explaining:

As the page loads, you'll get to see what the Chiffon Trim Tank looks like on a real woman for a few seconds. Then she shrinks into a awkward creature barely able to support the weight of her torso with her tiny child hips.

By Tuesday night, the glitch, involving thumbnails and other terms beyond us, had been fixed. But we were able to take some screen grabs before Ann Taylor cleaned it up. Check out the before and after images of the "Chiffon Trim Tank," an item from a set of Photoshopped pictures we've previously written about.

To be fair, at the time, Ann Taylor did apologize, saying, "We want to support and celebrate the natural beauty of women, and we apologize if in the process of retouching that was lost." Now, we just know exactly what was lost: a few inches off of the model's waist and thighs.

Comments

[wallisphoto]

10:43 AM on 09/02/2010

Stupid designers. They are obsessed with thin models.

[avon96734]

02:22 PM on 08/26/2010

My issue is not with making the model thinner, but with hiding how the tank top and material truly lays on the body. It's deceptive misrepresentation.

[graffitijoe]

08:28 AM on 08/18/2010

I like the one on the left bette anyway.

[Ward Adams]

12:09 AM on 08/14/2010

I can't believe they thought she looked bad. She's hot!

[bentax645]

06:43 PM on 08/08/2010

Well that happens to all of us...

http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2010/08/08/paris-doggy-fashion-coco-and-ashley/

[Joan Reeves]

09:15 AM on 08/08/2010

there was no need for retouching....hello

[Jo Kurrent]

09:44 AM on 08/07/2010

That's irritating to see yet another "improvement" via computer. The model as she is looks beautiful. No need for any retouching whatsoever.

[aequo animo]

07:25 PM on 08/06/2010

I don't see a problem since the woman/model isn't on sale, the clothes are and she's just a mannequin...

[missmontreal]

02:15 PM on 08/06/2010

Hopefully these kinds of gaffes will help stop the practise of photoshopping everything. Real change, however, can only come by boycotting companies and magazines, etc., that support photoshopping (which I guess is literally everyone selling a product to women...).

[wallisphoto]

10:44 AM on 09/02/2010

it won't -I guarantee that

[PortlandZoo]

02:07 PM on 08/06/2010

and this, kids, is the reason so many women of all ages, bombarded with counterfeit images, can't bear to look at themselves in the mirror. The "beauty standard" is not just incredibly difficult to attain, this proves that it is impossible. And some people still wonder why eating disorders are so prevalent and the diet industry makes billions.

[MRKLenox]

01:22 PM on 08/06/2010

That top is so much more appealing in the before picture. The after picture looks freakish.

[Lee Israch Wright]

10:39 AM on 08/06/2010

Honestly, I think the untouched one looks so much better...it is great when these mistakes happen so we can all be reminded of how much mind-bending goes on in our media...

[Sarah Shay]

10:16 AM on 08/06/2010

Eww... That's right, young girls, don't embrace your beautiful, nature figure! Because, clearly, skinny isn't skinny enough unless you look like you've had your ribcage removed.

[mytwocents02]

01:40 AM on 08/06/2010

From naturally good to artificially bad. What were they thinking?

[Max Imus]

12:42 AM on 08/06/2010

idiots with photoshop should take some basic anatomy lessons.