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I knew they were photoshopping models to look larger! And it's the designers that want the human hangers:I knew they were photoshopping models to look larger! And it's the designers that want the human hangers:

Alexandra Shulman, one of the most important figures in the multi-billion-pound fashion industry, has taken on all the largest fashion houses in a strongly worded letter sent to scores of designers in Europe and America.

In a letter not intended for publication but seen by The Times, Shulman accuses designers of making magazines hire models with "jutting bones and no breasts or hips" by supplying them with "minuscule" garments for their photoshoots. Vogue is now frequently "retouching" photographs to make models look larger, she said.

I can't get over this image!  On the left, is a beautiful photo of Kim Kardashian.  I met her in Miami and I have to say that she is breath taking.  Her skin is a beautiful light mocha, her curves stop traffic, and she's all of 5'5''.  Add thick, dark hair to the mix and you have an exceptional woman.  On the left, is the photoshopped image where she's smoothed out and lightened up.

So why do "they" (and I say "they" because I'm not sure who makes the photoshop decisions.  I'll assume that it's the editors-at-large) feel that we must lighten, smooth out, and create plastic bodies for our young women to emulate?  We know that people respond more strongly to images of models who look like them; meaning, they're more likely to buy whatever shlock product they're trying to sell.  We have the success of the Dove campaign.  I just don't know when our culture is going to become comfortable with real bodies.

I find 40 and 50 something women to be so appealing.  I can't wait for my 50's: Jean-Paul Gaultier is not one to abide by rules. Despite the presence of singers Kanye West and Kylie Minogue, it was the former French supermodel Inès de la Fressange who stole the show. As the voluptuous 51-year-old strutted down the runway, the crowd cheered this one-time French queen of the catwalk. Clearly moved, she turned to wave at old friends and slipped off a cream jacket in front of the cameras.

Mr. Gaultier, also caught up in the moment, chased the former supermodel down the runway and practically wrestled her to the ground during the final moments of the show catching her just before she fell. Fashion models "are not just 14-year-olds," Mr. Gaultier said later. "There are no [age] barriers to beauty."