Vogue SLAMMED for photoshop and diversity fail on their cover
While we all love a good filter, sometimes the fashion industry can get a little crazy with its photo editing.
Big brands and fashion bibles alike can run afoul of the dreaded photoshop, and thanks to social media, these blemish-blending blunders are often pointed out for the world to see.
On US Vogue's March cover, the style tome got a little heavy handed with the slimming and lengthening tool and accidentally gave model-of-the-moment Gigi Hadid a freakishly long arm, wrist and fingers.
Great concept of the vogue cover hmm…is it me or is Gigi's arm is way too long, fingers looks out of place:/ pic.twitter.com/Aqwr21rxkh
— Sangita Patel (@sangita_patel) February 9, 2017
The alien appendage was quickly pointed out by hoards of fashion followers, who took to social media to highlight the mistake.
Gigi's arm, which should be on best pal Kendall's waist, actually manages to stretch all the way over to Ashley Graham's waist, who is standing behind Kendall.
Twitter users also pointed out that the model on the far right, Vittoria Ceretti's arm seems unnaturally cut off.
The publication has also gotten some heat for choosing Gigi and Kendall for the shoot, which intends to represent diversity.
Gigi and Kendall are the two most heavily featured models in the industry at the moment, so their addition did not go down well with everyone online.
Others also felt that while the cover does show women of different backgrounds, there was not enough diversity among the models chosen.
"Vogue is 'democratising fashion' by not including a single woman darker than a paper bag in an 'inclusive' spread," tweeted one angry user.
The public to vogue: we need diversity!!
Vogue: *gets kendall and gigi again* pic.twitter.com/sGQdpWwqz8— |’sa-nə-tê| (@angelmuxoz) February 8, 2017
Ashley Graham fans also felt that she was the "token" plus size model in the shoot, and that although she had been included, steps were taken to minimise her size.
Gigi's photoshopped arm stretching past Kendall to rest on Ashley's waist was called out by some who felt that it was an attempt to hide Ashley's stomach.
so they have ashley graham on the vogue cover but they're hiding her body to make her appear skinnier smh
— pernille (@journalfenty) February 9, 2017
Other also pointed out that un like the other models in the image, Ashley's hand is resting on her leg, which some thought was an attempt to make her appear slimmer.
However Ashley herself called BS on this claim, commenting on one of her Instagram posts from the shoot to say: "I chose to pose like that. No one told me to do anything."
While Vogue is clearly making steps to promote diversity in it's pages, perhaps it will take some of the feedback on board for the next diversity issue.
