From the, "You Can't Be Serious" department comes this story. It turns out that model Filippa Hamilton (5'10", 120lbs.) was fired for being overweight. And, to add insult to injury, her body was photoshopped nearly to the point of a caricature in what has to be one of the oddest looking ads from a well known designer...
Ralph Lauren has since apologized for the image (not for the firing - they're standing behind that decision). Hopefully, the young girls aspiring to this image of thinness and beauty heard the apology.
But, let's not delude ourselves. Even if they did hear the apology, the real message has already been sent...
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