airbrushed on the cover? I was upset and wrote the following letter to editor:
As an Allure reader of over 10 years, I am appalled to see a barely recognizable Jennifer Anniston on your February 2011 cover. It looks like a ten year old did the airbrushing and forgot to airbrush her nasalabial folds away. As a highly educated professional who also happens to have minored in graphic design, I can do a much more realistic and better airbrushing job than the ten year old you hired or contracted to distort Ms. Anniston's face. The whole face looks fake. You make Jennifer look like some sideshow freakshow "fem bot" alien robot from the wrong side of the tracks. An alien robot I would not want to cross paths with while walking in a dark alley or crossing the street.
It is pathetic that Allure feels the need to airbrush women over 40 to hell and gone, as if aging is wrong. Have you ever heard of taking care of yourself and eating well and aging gracefully? I am not saying that all plastic surgeries are wrong, it is known that Ms. Anniston has had botox. What I am saying is that airbrushing a female actor's face to the max to where it is barely recognizable is wrong. What is the problem? Did Ms. Anniston go through 2 packs of cigs on the set and therefore needed 400% doctoring on her cover shoot, or what? Is this message Allure wants to send to its audience who is comprised of young women as well as women in their mid-life?
And whether you like it or not no person lives forever and even with excellent health and/or good genetics everyone ages, such as life. No amount of freakish airbrushing or plastic surgeries is going to command the fountain of youth. Instead of airbrushing female celebrities over age 40 to resemble a Madame Tussands wax museum version of themselves why don't you allow the real female actor to shine through? I like seeing a person on my cover of my beauty and fashion magazines, not seeing a cracker jacks nickle and dime version of themselves that resembles a fem bot sex toy doll with an expressionless face that looks cut and pasted on. Allure you should be ashamed of yourselves. After my remaining 2 year subscription of Allure is finished, I will not be subscribing or reading your magazine ever again. Even the Enquirer has more class at least they don't pretend to be all innocent and real. This cover will go down in the hall of shame as the biggest laughing stock since Vogue did that photo shoot a couple years back with Gwyenth Paltrow looking like an other worldly robotic freak of nature. "Airbrush this Allure [insert picture of your big asses]".
Sincerely,
A Miffed Allure Subscriber of 10 years.
As an Allure reader of over 10 years, I am appalled to see a barely recognizable Jennifer Anniston on your February 2011 cover. It looks like a ten year old did the airbrushing and forgot to airbrush her nasalabial folds away. As a highly educated professional who also happens to have minored in graphic design, I can do a much more realistic and better airbrushing job than the ten year old you hired or contracted to distort Ms. Anniston's face. The whole face looks fake. You make Jennifer look like some sideshow freakshow "fem bot" alien robot from the wrong side of the tracks. An alien robot I would not want to cross paths with while walking in a dark alley or crossing the street.
It is pathetic that Allure feels the need to airbrush women over 40 to hell and gone, as if aging is wrong. Have you ever heard of taking care of yourself and eating well and aging gracefully? I am not saying that all plastic surgeries are wrong, it is known that Ms. Anniston has had botox. What I am saying is that airbrushing a female actor's face to the max to where it is barely recognizable is wrong. What is the problem? Did Ms. Anniston go through 2 packs of cigs on the set and therefore needed 400% doctoring on her cover shoot, or what? Is this message Allure wants to send to its audience who is comprised of young women as well as women in their mid-life?
And whether you like it or not no person lives forever and even with excellent health and/or good genetics everyone ages, such as life. No amount of freakish airbrushing or plastic surgeries is going to command the fountain of youth. Instead of airbrushing female celebrities over age 40 to resemble a Madame Tussands wax museum version of themselves why don't you allow the real female actor to shine through? I like seeing a person on my cover of my beauty and fashion magazines, not seeing a cracker jacks nickle and dime version of themselves that resembles a fem bot sex toy doll with an expressionless face that looks cut and pasted on. Allure you should be ashamed of yourselves. After my remaining 2 year subscription of Allure is finished, I will not be subscribing or reading your magazine ever again. Even the Enquirer has more class at least they don't pretend to be all innocent and real. This cover will go down in the hall of shame as the biggest laughing stock since Vogue did that photo shoot a couple years back with Gwyenth Paltrow looking like an other worldly robotic freak of nature. "Airbrush this Allure [insert picture of your big asses]".
Sincerely,
A Miffed Allure Subscriber of 10 years.