My Fashion Life (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
We knew when Ralph Lauren hit headlines over its photoshop controversy with model Filippa Hamilton, we wouldn’t see the end of such a saga, and here’s the proof: W magazine’s latest cover star Demi Moore appears to have had more than a little retouching. According to reports, not only has the 47-year-old had more than her [...]
iFitandHealthy.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Is Filippa Hamilton fat? The fashion industry seems to think that Filippa Hamilton is fat. The 5-foot-10 Swedish-French model weighs a reasonable 120 pounds, but in a recent ad for Ralph Lauren she was airbrushed to unbelievably thin proportions....
Big Fat Deal (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Oh my GOD, Ralph Lauren! Keep your Photoshop brushes in your pants! What is wrong with you people? Earlier this month, an insane Ralph Lauren ad appeared, in which their long-time model Filippa Hamilton was photoshopped into a creepy, unrecognizable insectile creature from outer space. Hamilton was reportedly horrified by the image, and said “I [...]
Every Woman Has an Eating Disorder (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
So, yes, it's come to this. At a Parisian runway show, Givenchy posted this sign backstage. A step in the right direction? But what about Filippa? By now, you've heard of Filippa Hamilton, the former Ralph Lauren model, who was fired for being too big. Hamilton stands 5-foot-10-inches, weighs 120 pounds, and wears a Size 4 (and likely would be a smaller size if not for her height). According to the...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of current reports of Ralph Lauren's firing of Filippa Hamilton, allegedly because she “was too fat.” Ralph Lauren’s clothing company terminated Hamilton’s contract recently...
Health, Wealth and Love through Anc (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Recently Ralph Lauren (RL) let go of drop-dead gorgeous model Filippa Hamilton, for allegedly breaking her contract. The breach: she did not control her weight. She claims RL told her that she could not fit her sample clothes, a dainty size zero. The 5’ 10” (177.8 cm) model weighs roughly 120 lbs. (54 kg.). According to [...]
Girl With a Satchel (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Grazing Gazing This morning Grazia got into a bit of a Twitter thither about stylist Robert Verdi's (hopefully tongue-in-cheek but possibly not) Lagerfeld-esque comment that "food is for fat people and poor people". To put it into more context, Verdi was talking to a journalist from New York Magazine about Ralph Lauren allegedly firing model Filippa Hamilton for being too fat (in real life;...
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Vogue creative director Grace Coddington expressed her concern about the fashion industry's attachment to very young, very thin — and many times anorexic — models, in a talk with ex– Men's Vogue editor Jay Fielden at the New York Public Library last night. With Anna Wintour gazing on from the back of the room, Coddington — a former model herself — responded to the recent...
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Last night at the fifteenth-anniversary celebration of Martha Stewart Weddings , we asked stylist Robert Verdi what he thought of Ralph Lauren allegedly firing model Filippa Hamilton for being too fat. "I love fat people because they're jolly," Verdi offered, seemingly dodging the question. But he was quick to agree with Robin Givhan that it shouldn't be a big deal if the fashion industry...
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Just when you thought the fashion industry could not get more out of touch with real human beings comes news that the model Ralph Lauren Photoshopped into a stick figure was fired for being too big. You know, because having a waist larger than your head is just too damn porky to sell overpriced clothes. Here is the fatty McFatterson model Filippa Hamilton herself, less than a year ago. And here is...
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Robin Givhan thinks the fashion industry has yet again come under unfair fire in the Ralph Lauren Photoshop debacle that reached a fever pitch last week when model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna said the label fired her for being too fat . Givhan argues that fashion represents an ideal. That ideal, as we as a nation get fatter, is the opposite, which is "extremely thin to gaunt." She notes...
StyleList Blog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Filed under: Style in the News BATTLE OF THE BULGE The battle of the flesh --or lack there of continues. After several Ralph Lauren ads surfaced of the over Photoshopped model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna, critics are now scrutinizing the designer's runway models. Is singling out Ralph the start of fashion's image revolution? [ Huffington Post ] UGLY RATINGS The quirky fashion dramedy, "Ugly...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Ralph Lauren has been taking major heat for for the freakish Photoshopping of size 4 model Filippa Hamilton, and reportedly then firing her for being too fat . The company apologized for the ridiculous retouching, but on the catwalk, the designer very publicly displays his penchant for skin-and-bone bodies. To be sure, Ralph Lauren is not the only designer with a preference for super-skinny models,...
TechBanyan (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Filippa Hamilton is the Ralph Lauren model who was recently fired for being fat. After working for Ralph Lauren for eight years, she was told by her agency that they wouldn’t be using her anymore. Then Hamilton saw the distorted image of herself in a Ralph Lauren ad on their website. The photo makes her [...]
hollywood news and gossips (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
What a week it's been. The craziest we can remember since... well, last week. Below, we take a look back at the defining moments of the past seven days in celeb gossip. Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Some of the highlights (and lowlights): Worst boss ever: Ralph Lauren fired Filippa Hamilton for being fat. Worst faked sex tape ever: The Shauna Sand sex tape . It's gross. Worst Twitter use ever: Soulja...
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