Tasteless Preview
"there is something horrendously grotesque about the image that makes it a genius". except that "genius" got taken out in the case of the latest preview magazine cover. someone should get fired in the graphics / editing department of preview. the magazine is obviously "sponsored" by Pantene who is launching its newest image models with their definition of Manila's Loveliest. I wonder whose definition of "lovely" they are using. cadaverous lovelies i must say. under ordinary circumstances, the ladies should have been gorgeous enough with minimal need of the digital scalpel. and those lips, those puckered up lips that belong to a life vest straining at the hilt with collagen err, oxygen. or should i say photoshop liquify tool? i wonder which ad agency worked on this campaign - judy ann and claudine are relatively still "in" whereas gretchen and ruffa are definitely "out", as in somewhere OUT there. i must say though that th...