Photoshop in advertising is no secret—as is the result it’s had on the way we see ourselves. It’s something the beauty industry has reckoned with over the past few years as women demand to see more realistic imagery in the world around us. And now Olay is delivering: The brand just announced it’s officially committed…
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Alexandra Fine is the CEO and co-founder of Dame Products, a sexual wellness company that makes sex toys for women. Last year, Dame was barred from advertising their products on New York City’s subway—even though ads about erectile dysfunction are allowed. This week, Dame announced they’re suing. Fine opened up to Glamour about what she…
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In January of last year, CVS unveiled a campaign to create new standards for beauty ads in their stores—namely, phasing out airbrushing and other digital alterations. Part of that included the debut of the CVS Beauty Mark, a watermark placed on advertisements confirming to customers that the images weren’t digitally altered or retouched (which CVS…
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Asians are having a moment, and they’re not all crazy rich. K-pop stars are now front-row fixtures at runway shows at the behest of American designers. Korean beauty is no longer just a “trend”—it’s a staple in American women’s routines. And, according to the last season’s runway diversity report, the fall 2018 shows featured more…
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Jasmine Glass used to spend eight hours a day staring at photos of Photoshopped people. It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror, but for Glass, that was a requirement for her job in the publishing industry: day in and out she’d look at the faces of models tweaked to be larger-than-life “perfect” in a…
Read moreBy now, you’ve likely seen Kim Kardashian‘s newest fragrance drop, KKW Body. The scent, design, and the provocative images that Kim shared to promote it all have sparked an Internet-wide conversation about Kim’s “perfect” body, which she literally had molded to create the perfume’s flacon. As Yahoo! Lifestyle reports, body-positivity activist and vlogger Carmen Rene,…
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