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    Heidi For Victoria's Secret; Tom Ford Talks About His Depression [Rag Trade]
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    He tells Libération Next, "The photos of old Hollywood? Retouched! The iconic image of Che Guevara? Retouched! All the photos taken by Richard Avedon of Marilyn Monroe? Retouched! And all of this before today's software existed, of course. Legs were lengthened using a wide angle; skins were smoothed through overexposure." Because using a wide-angle lens is exactly the same as scissoring one head onto another body and placing the Frankenstein creation into a separately shot background and then liquifying the nose a little and changing the light source and strength and whittling down the waist. Full Article at Jezebel
    The photos of old Hollywood? Retouched! The iconic image of Che Guevara? Retouched! All the photos taken by Richard Avedon of Marilyn Monroe? Retouched! And all of this before today's software existed, of course. Legs were lengthened using a wide angle; skins were smoothed through overexposure.
    SOURCE: Jezebel 1 month ago
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Heidi For Victoria's Secret; Tom Ford Talks About His Depression [Rag Trade]
  1. I worked part time as an assistant to the owner of a company called LiftPort which was (and may still be) in the forefront of technologies, mostly carbon nanotubes, to build an elevator into space.
    SOURCE: Jezebel 1 month ago
  2. Well, during a hurried interview backstage an investigatory journalist asked me what I liked to do when I was at home and I said, 'nothing too commotious.' Afterwards, I realized commotious isn't even a word.
    SOURCE: Jezebel 1 month ago
  3. We will never do a line; we are not an economy.
    SOURCE: Jezebel 1 month ago
  4. Shoes, for 40 percent of the world, are not an accessory. They're a necessity.
    SOURCE: Jezebel 1 month ago

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