Ralph Lauren Retouching Models' Heads? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Another day, another botched Ralph Lauren Photoshop job. First, the brand was whittling down waists, then it was dropping in dogs in Polos. Now...well...we'll let you see it for yourself:

Tiny heads! As discovered by PhotoshopDisasters, we think this bizarre image might be Ralph Lauren's take on the plus-size model...except just shrinking the model's head to give the illusion that her body is bigger might not be the way to go. (Note: the woman on the left is supposedly the same woman as at right but her proportions seem to be different from one photo to the next.)

We scrolled through the Ralph Lauren website, looking for additional examples. And they weren't too hard to find:

And:

Here's the same model but from different angles, looking pretty normal:

But maybe we're too quick to accuse. What do you think?

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Did Ralph Lauren's retouchers shrink these models' heads?

YES! No one looks like that.

NO! Looks fine to me.

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Comments

[djnc]

03:56 PM on 08/19/2010

This is too funny

[mytwocents02]

12:42 PM on 08/19/2010

This is their idea of making the models' bodies look less skinny?

[AllureAye]

11:12 AM on 08/19/2010

Although I think my head looks too small for my body sometimes, that is just ridiculous.

[Mahi Joe]

09:49 PM on 08/18/2010

Shrunken heads. What a unique idea.

[Daisytoo]

09:41 PM on 08/18/2010

Please dear God in heaven don't tell me that the black model is supposed to be 'plus' sized.

[Daisytoo]

09:39 PM on 08/18/2010

Pin heads of the world, Unite :)

[tangelan]

09:33 PM on 08/18/2010

I've given up on Ralph Lauren as a brand. Maybe they should focus on paint and home furnishings.

[Daisytoo]

09:39 PM on 08/18/2010

Yes!

[JaneQCitizen]

09:21 PM on 08/18/2010

Lauren and Co. need to hire new graphic artists.

[MercedesGabriella]

09:12 PM on 08/18/2010

What's with the first model's back? Scoliosis?

[Red45]

06:10 PM on 08/18/2010

In the pictures of the black model in the blue blouse and tan pants:

look at the shadow of her head on the wall behind her in her first picture with a normal size head.
now look at the pic below it with her head shrunk. They forgot to downsize the shadow when they downsized her head. junior photoshoppers.

What's wrong with people's bodies that we have to change them in magazines to the point of shrinking their heads and designers use models who are freakishly thin? Is that just a preference of the fashion industry or do they think it's what we want to see?

[moonstruck10]

07:30 AM on 09/02/2010

I noticed the disproportionate shadow too.

[StraferX]

06:07 PM on 08/18/2010

Now if we could just get b00bs with legs that would be the bomb.

Were are the natural looking chicks, they are the best.

[EllaMode]

04:48 PM on 08/18/2010

I dunno. The head looks small, but moreso I see big boobs.

if anything, they've been photoshopped to appear healthy, definitely not plus sized!

[cvkathy]

04:38 PM on 08/18/2010

Those are hilarious. Pretty soon women will just be little tiny pinheads with large mammaries.

[Red45]

06:02 PM on 08/18/2010

Some men would actually like that. go figure.

[ThatKaz]

03:49 PM on 08/18/2010

I can see that maybe the first one has been touched up (although I agree with a previous poster that it isn't that her head was shrunken, it looks more like they widened her body,) but the other two models? I don't see it at all. They are from different distances away and different angles. The second model looks as though they just made the shirt poofier (doubt that is a word...) and the second model I really don't see a difference in at all.

[BebeLush]

02:27 PM on 08/18/2010

Why don't they just skip the modeling and print photos of the clothes? I thought the purpose of having live models was to show how the clothing fits. The photoshopping kinda makes that irrelevant.

[VOTER]

06:21 PM on 08/18/2010

Good point.