Gisele Bundchen's Baby Bump Retouched for London Fog Ads; In Other News, Photoshop Lessons Now Available Online!
Pregnant Gisele Bundchen, who is expecting her first child with husband Tom Brady, appears almost nekkid in a sexy new London Fog ad campaign but her baby bump is nowhere to be found. According to a press release from the company, "...Most of the shots have been retouched to respect her privacy during this wonderful and personal time in her life.” Although, curiously, the statement then goes on to read, “Nobody is sexier or more beautiful than Gisele Bundchen in nothing but a London Fog trench coat, even with her visible baby bump."
Which leaves me with two questions:
1) If nobody is sexier than a pregnant Gisele Bundchen, why Photoshop her pregnant belly?
And
2) What kind of lame ass airbrushing job is that?
When I first saw this shot, I said to myself, "That is one seamless bodysuit!" Because I make it a habit of commenting on the garments of supermodels. Out loud. But then I realized that she was naked and the area below her belt was where she had been retouched, and then I said to myself, "That is one terrible retouching job." I didn't ask that question out loud, only in my head with all the other dark thoughts.
(I won't bash the retoucher too much more, although suffice to say even my 11-year-old would know to use the clone tool to give that belly area some skin texture. Okay, maybe then she'd put a big Hello Kitty face on it, but still it would look better than this.)
I think the decision to retouch was a bad one. Seeing a slight baby bump could have elevated this photo from just another beautiful, sexy woman wearing a trench coat to one of a beautiful, sexy, pregnant woman wearing a trench coat, which would have been far more interesting. I'm not talking about an octomom-sized, just-about-to-burst, nine-month belly, but Bundchen couldn't have been showing much when these shots were taken, so why not leave it in? Hey, pregnant women buy trench coats, too! Even though I wore mine with jeans that had elastic panels.
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Is she reaching to get something out of her ass?
Posted by: Trish | July 30, 2009 at 10:32 AM
This picture scares me. Trench coats should not be scary. Gah. Marketing Fail.
Posted by: Rhonda | July 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Her stomach looks as though it has formed a skinweb connecting to her thigh. So. Weird.
Posted by: ajnabi | July 30, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Her privacy needs to be respected? Isn't she posing nearly naked in the first place? What privacy is being respected, exactly?
Posted by: Jane of Seagull Fountain | July 30, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Right? Like she said, "OK I will pose naked for your ad. But my privacy must be respected." That is a total disconnect.
Posted by: AmyC65 | July 30, 2009 at 11:19 AM
She looks like some kind of Barbie doll.
All I can think is she's got some pregnancy-related discoloration or something and they panicked and erased it.
Posted by: BaltimoreGal | July 30, 2009 at 11:54 AM
"trench coats should not be scary"? In what world? Do you think the gothed out drama kids wear them to be approachable? ;)
If they left the bump in, an additional small but VERY DEVOTED niche audience would have been added.
Posted by: jamiegp | July 30, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I would have been so impressed with LF had they embraced her pregnancy and done a sexy shot ala' Demi Moore/Vanity Fair.
Posted by: Cheeky Lotus | July 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM
And in defense of trench coats, I have a white one that is fierce!
Posted by: Cheeky Lotus | July 30, 2009 at 12:08 PM
that is crp. if you want her, then you want her in her current state or hire a different model.
Posted by: michele | July 30, 2009 at 12:15 PM
My hunch is LF is using the 'privacy' thing as a cover because they didn't want a pregnant belly bursting out from underneath their trench coat.
I'd like to hear Gisele's side of the story. Gisele, are you out there? (Because all supermodels read MamaPop, right?)
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Posted by: Sweetney | July 30, 2009 at 07:44 PM
I love that site. Although, I have to admit sometimes it takes me awhile before I figure out why some of them are disasters. Which means maybe I could get a job with London Fog.
Posted by: sweatpantsmom | July 31, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Her eyes are weird looking and I don't think photoshop touched those.
Posted by: smiley | July 31, 2009 at 04:58 PM