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Tyson Beckford Says...

Thursday, March 19, 2009


"You have to do a lot of tweaking and airbrushing to get the same from a celebrity that you would get from a model. A lot of celebrities - I'm gonna tell you right now - they're not 5'11"; they're not a size two to fit into these designer dresses, but the designers want exposure so they're willing to make the specific dress for that actor or actress to get them to look good on the cover.

It'll all come back around. One day some designer will wake up and say, 'You know what? I don't want to use Gwyneth Paltrow. I want to use Adriana Lima, I want to use Gisele (Bundchen), I want to go back to the high fashion.' I think slowly but surely you'll see that start happening."


While I totally understand what Tyson Beckford is saying, I do think the airbrush comment is hilarious considering that even the top supermodels get airbrushed to appear perfect for photographs, Tyson included. It's not something that only those ugly and imperfect celebs have to do. Everyone gets airbrushed, it is part of the business.

But like I said, I totally agree. I can't tell you how sickening it is to pick up an issue of Vogue magazine, which is the top fashion magazine, and see some damn celebrity on the cover instead of a supermodel. It just baffles me.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

I just want to start off saying that Tyson Beckford is one of the finest black men out there. I agree with him 100%. Too bad we can't agree on making that love child together, lol :-)

March 25, 2009 at 2:44 PM