Ok, so maybe Ralph Lauren doesn't exactly say he endorses eating disorders for young women but his actions definitely do. Here are 2 photos of super model Flippa P. Hamilton. The one above is a recent Ad run by Ralph Lauren for his new diet line, I mean clothing line and the one below is a "candid" of the same model on the runway at a recent show.
You may notice a few differences in the two pictures. The one on the left has been heavily photo shopped to whittle the already tiny waist line of Miss Hamilton. This new ad sparked quite a fire amongst Internet news sites and bloggers. In response to their criticism Ralph Lauren Inc. has threatens litigation against any sites that post the copy written ad without permission. Some sites have relented and removed the photo but the blog site Boing Boing refused and even responded with this:
"Instead of responding to their legal threat by suppressing our criticism of their marketing images, we're gonna mock them," Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow wrote in a blog post Tuesday. "So, to Ralph Lauren, GreenbergTraurig, and PRL Holdings, Inc: sue and be damned. Copyright law doesn't give you the right to threaten your critics for pointing out the problems with your offerings. You should know better. And every time you threaten to sue us over stuff like this, we will:
a) Reproduce the original criticism, making damned sure that all our readers get a good, long look at it, and;
b) Publish your spurious legal threat along with copious mockery, so that it becomes highly ranked in search engines where other people you threaten can find it and take heart; and
c) Offer nourishing soup and sandwiches to your models."
I had a brillant teacher once say "The opposite of Social Control is Social Change", Boin Boing response to Ralph Lauren is truly social change. Hurray for Boing Boing, hurray for women (and men) and hurray for eating food and not just popcorn, paper and ice chips!!
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I like that quote...
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