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Ann Taylor Accused of Photoshopping Models to Scary-Skinny Proportions

by Mark Marino (Subscribe to Mark Marino's posts)
Posted May 25th 2010 at 3:15PM  
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Ann Taylor's Petite Watercolor Print Sheath Dress, $119, is no longer pictured on their website.

Ann Taylor may be attempting to refashion its image, but this is probably not what it had in mind.

Just when the retailer was enjoying a resurgence in popularity by making its clothing more hip, it is now coming under fire for airbrushing the hips off its models.

As reported by Jezebel, the Ann Taylor Web site features a bevy of beauties who seem to have been PhotoShopped to scary-skinny proportions.

The label's $119 Petite Watercolor Print Sheath Dress is worn by a wasp-waisted woman with shoulders so broad they'd make the "Jersey Shore" guys jealous. (Interestingly, the page and offending image had been removed from the Ann Taylor site as of press time.) Elsewhere, a Chiffon Trim Tank appears on a long, lean torso of Olive Oyl proportions, and the company takes skinny jeans a little too literally.

Ann Taylor's models are so fat-free, in fact, that even their fabrics bear no bulges: A Necklace Trim Tank Top fits so smoothly over a pair of white jeans that the ensemble looks like a Spandex bodysuit. And a Petite Silk Camp Shirt seems to melt into the waistband of the model's pants without so much as a wrinkle or pucker.

While a rep for the company did not respond as of press time, StyleList hopes Ann Taylor will throw the clothing industry a curve by keeping their alterations to a minimum and showing that beauty isn't measured by the inch.

Scary-skinny retouching is nothing new -- remember what happened with Ralph Lauren?
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rachel, 5-25-2010, 6:54PM

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What? these models arent that skinny....HELLO 3/4 of americans are overweight. At least these models are a good influence to be skinny. And like kate moss said:"Nothing tastes as good as skinny"

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banda, 5-26-2010, 7:50AM

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Her shoulders are way broad but shes got a good waistline, even if they did airbrush off an inch or two. So outside the hip thing where they decided she'd be sexier if they cut into her bone structure she looks healthy.
Sure she's on the slim side, but i bet you in person she's a far healthier looking individual. She probably follows the belief that soda is a treat not to be used as water if at all, and if you exercise for 20 minutes 3 times a day it's not that hard. Sure your busy but think about how you spend your time, is it really that hard?
And I don't think anyone here is condoning stuffing down big macs....or even being in the immediate presences of that nasty w/e sauce w/out a hazmat suit.
Just not condoning starvation. And if women should *really* be this skinny, they wouldn't have written this article. Think before you speak.

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Nichole, 5-25-2010, 8:13PM

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Nichole

Yea, Rachael, and Kate Moss was also a cocaine addict, so I wouldn't take any advice from her.

These girls are sick. It's just disgusting. You can be healthy and not look bulimic or anorexic.

If anybody thinks this is okay, you have some body issues to work out yourself.

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jaylynn, 5-25-2010, 8:17PM

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jaylynn

Oh eat a piece of pecan pie and get over it.

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Jason, 5-25-2010, 8:19PM

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Jason

There is no such thing as too skinny!!

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Victoria, 5-25-2010, 8:19PM

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Victoria

Gross!!!!!!!!!
And YES rachel these models ARE too skinny.
You are disgusting for suggesting that these women are role models for looking like holocaust victims. Only 10% of people in the entire population naturally have the type of body that would be considered "skinny", so encouraging the other 90% to be that skinny is ridiculous, dangerous, and just down right stupid.

Educate yourself. This is not how your average woman is supposed to look and its ludicrous to expect 90% of the population to starve themselves in order to look like this

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Gabi, 5-25-2010, 10:57PM

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Models are not presumed to look "average" and "90%" of the population is hardly spending their time trying to look like models (if they are they are just plain stupid).

Doing the old "concentration camp" analogy is just plain disrespectful, and it is also totally inaccurate. This model does indeed have unusual proportions but she is not bony in arms or leg, much of the effect of the dress is optical illusion.

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jaylynn, 5-25-2010, 8:23PM

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jaylynn

Only a dog wants a bone...and even they like a little meat on it.

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Tbird, 5-25-2010, 8:33PM

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ENOUGH of these emaciated so called 'Supermodels'! Ann Taylor,with nine million women in the USA suffering from eating disorders,do you think this is responsable marketing? How many more young women have to die from eating disorders before you wake up!? That model looks horrid.That pose she is doing was made famous by May/June 1983 BBW Magazine covergirl Kelley Rae Matheney. Kelley Rae in that shot at size 38 is ten times more beautiful! This girl is no Kelley Rae!

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Jason, 5-25-2010, 8:31PM

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For decades there has been people crying about models being
too skinny. The fact is if it wasent attractive, designers would
change to the larger sized model. Theres models have gorgeous faces and perfect bodies. This is the way a woman should be built.

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Victoria, 5-25-2010, 8:37PM

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Jason, you chauvinist pig,
First of all, what you see in the ads are airbrushed and tweaked. What you see on the page is not what those women actually look like.
Number two. This IS NOT the way women are built. WOMEN are supposed to have some fat on their body, It serves a natural function to produce HEALTHY babies when the mother is at a HEATHY fat level.
Number Three, Only 10% of women in the population naturally look like this, some women would literally starve themselves and never get this size before dying. (And many have tried.)

Its people like you that are the reason beautiful women die young.

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midget, 5-25-2010, 9:56PM

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I am just a bit curious about you. Are you a hard body and good looking or do you just want a woman to be that way.

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Shari, 5-25-2010, 11:30PM

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Shari

So, you prefer your "women" to be built like pre-pubescent 10 year old boys? Doesn't say much for you then, does it?

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Carlaq, 11-20-2010, 7:08PM

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Well Jason...and what do you look like? A male underwear model perhaps? If not...what is wrong with you??? Isn't that what all guys are supposed to look like???

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Barbara, 5-25-2010, 9:11PM

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The pictures with those items are hilariously bad! A little retouching is expected, but this is cartoonish.

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tammy, 5-25-2010, 8:39PM

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tammy

she is not too skinny at all! only a fat person would think so!!!sorry the majority of americans can't put the big mac down long enough to get their big fat butts to the gym! don't judge the thin people for caring enough about their healths & looks to not be a big fat slob!

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Victoria, 5-25-2010, 8:44PM

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You can see her elbow bone stretching through her skin and you aren't disgusted by that?
Honey, call a help center or go to a health class, please.
You do not have to be a size 0 to be beautiful.

And most of us Healthy, Size 4's don't appreciate being called fat because we're not willing to starve ourselves to look like that.

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Rachel, 5-26-2010, 1:05PM

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Um....wow. So anyone who is not a size zero doesn't work out enough? You must've never taken a health class or ever been to a gym. Most of the people there are bigger than a size zero but not insanely huge. Someone this unnaturally skinny wouldn't last 10 minutes running or riding a bike. I am a size 8 and run 5 miles 4-5 days a week, no sweat. Are you saying I'm fat and unhealthy? Because my doctor says other wise. Go visit a gym and speak to a trainer AND a doctor about what is healthy. You must starve yourself because you are obviously delusional.

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fmd, 6-18-2010, 2:04PM

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I'm not fat and I think this image looks bizarre. I have a normal body index and I am frequently complimented on my good looks. I don't want to look like this image.

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Jason, 5-25-2010, 8:44PM

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Victoria, no reason to name call. I have know many women who have that kind of body living a healthy life style. My wife
included. She eats healthy and works out 6 days a week.
If some women go too far, starving themselfs or drugs its their
own fault. Its not me or anyone elses fault. Its always easyer to blam someone else. You must be a big fan of Obama.

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