Some phones now even do the work for you. Retouching and airbrushing are rife not just among the glossy pages of magazines but also on social media platforms such as Instagram – platforms that make claims of veracity and authenticity despite attempts by teenagers such as Essena O’Neill to reveal the truth behind the images. But this is about so much more than the fashion industry now. In Britain the Women’s Equality party, in collaboration with the models Rosie Nelson and Jada Sezer, is taking the fashion industry to task over its continuing fetishisation of underweight, prepubescent figures. The debate surrounding the west’s skewed, stereotyped female body ideals trundles on, as it always has. This girl, by the way, is sensationally beautiful: the kind of girl men follow around rooms like cartoon dogs drooling over a dangled pork chop. At the touch of a button, she smoothed skin and slimmed limbs, adjusted contrast and lighting, airbrushed out “imperfections”. Illustration: Ellie Foreman-PeckĪt a recent barbecue, a friend showed me how you can doctor your Instagram photos using an app. There is an element of narcissism in selfie culture, even if it is one largely rooted in insecurity.
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