By April MacIntyre Oct 15, 2009, 1:21 GMT
Obesity is a huge concern in the country right now, but it's a sad day when a woman 5' 10" and 120 pounds, a size 4 model, is allegedly fired because she is too curvy for the fashion world. Former Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton claims she was fired for not being thin enough. TODAY’s Ann Curry interviewed Hamilton about the sacking.
Filippa Hamilton was fired by Ralph Lauren after eight years with the fashion designer.
“They said I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore,” the size 4 tall model told TODAY’s Ann Curry Wednesday in New York.
Lauren wrote a letter to her agent saying, “We’re terminating your services because you don’t fit into the sample clothes that you need to wear.”
Ralph Lauren denied that she was canned for her "can."
“We consider her an important part of our imaging and branding,” the designer said in a statement to the media. “We regret that our relationship has ended as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us.”
“I did everything that I could. I was very loyal to them. I was on time every time,” Hamilton told Curry.
Ralph Lauren admitted they digitally manipulated image of Hamilton into a grotesque anorexic distorted image of a woman's body.
The advertising image, emblazoned with the Ralph Lauren name, showed a painfully emaciated woman.
Ralph Lauren quickly removed the ad and moved legally to demand that the images be taken off the Web. “We have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman’s body,” the company said in a statement.
Question of the day: Will you the consumer actually protest this absurd fashion statement with your pocketbook?
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