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Were Betty Draper's Breasts Photoshopped?

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Earlier this week Ralph Lauren was accused of some over-the-top Photoshopping in their ads, and now it appears GQ has given Betty Draper a digital boob job. Mad Men's January Jones graces the magazine's November issue, and NYMag accuses them of "artificial enhancement by way of Photoshop." What do you think? We don't want to know what they'd do if Joan Holloway were on the cover!

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  • Guest

    Not a big deal.

  • potsmoker

    i like the recent feature where theres a "interesting stories" links, that bo0bage pic certainly caught my attention, i dont care if its pshopped or not.

    it got my attention and you get a clickthrough,

    now send me my affiliate partner fee in the form of one half a nickel bag per click.





  • glob

    every single picture in every magazine is photoshopped

  • like in the middle

  • Willie Nillie

    Looks cool

  • upperwestsider

    Who cares. Really.

  • AJ

    She's pencil thin and her boobs don't naturally look that full. Something has been done to enhance them in this photo whether it's lighting, angle, tight jacket, or photoshop. But she looks good, so who cares?

  • mellow_fellow

    Exactly. Whatever was done or not done here, I'd hit it.

  • Spirit of 76

    I'll need a closer examination in person before I can make that determination.

  • tay

    http://buzznewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/january-jones-0902-po01.jpg



    i think these r her boobs un-photoshopped from some previous photoshoot

  • hubcap

    nice pic there in the middle, dont care if it's fake

  • Mr. Shankly

    Nah, the redhead in blue really has it going on.

  • JenChungsBaby

    Everyone who cares raise your [one free] hand.

  • hotstepper

    i see what you did there.

  • emilydickinson

    If you've worked with Photoshop for 5 minutes, you know that's been retouched. The edge of the jacket is sharpened, the shadows in her cleavage are darkened, and the skin around her breasts has been with a lighter color palette.



    It's not that they pasted in someone elses breasts, but they made hers more prominent.

  • butterbutter

    They are real, and they are spectacular!

  • sexisicilian

    Classic line:)

  • New Baby Hitler

    Christina Hendricks is head and shoulders (and boobs) above the rest.

  • hotstepper

    photoshop or not, who cares? if you're enjoying boobs on your computer screen they are all virtual.

  • valeriob

    100% sure the boobage increase is due to photoshop.

    Or should I say 150% ;)

  • zpk

    Oh, I'm sorry. I must have typed in gawker.com. I was looking for gothamist. My mistake.

  • tsol

    They're real but they're taped up- no photoshop needed.

  • mellow_fellow

    [A busty classmate walks by.]

    Butt-head: Hey Beavis, did you see Twin Peaks?

    Beavis: No, but I taped 'em.

  • moonbeam

    I don't think any amount of tape, makeup and good lighting could turn her flat, boney chest into the cleavage we see in that picture.

  • Kojak

    Why is this news? They ALL do it.

  • Thespis

    This has already been covered extensively (and interestingly) by Salon.com. It turns out that a tight jacket, a wide-angle lens, the right lighting, and a lowered camera angle can work wonders without photoshop.

  • jaycjay

    Exactly. At one time, photographers knew all those tricks. Actual skilled and educated photographers still do use them. But these days anyone with a cheap digital camera and Photoshop claims to be a "photographer" and relies on the power of the software to overcome a lack of skill with cameras, lenses, and lighting. So seeing something like this they assume the same techniques must have been used that they themselves would use.



    Cleavage was being enhanced in photography long before Photoshop.

  • Wish

    exactly.

  • Mr. Shankly

    Did you say something?

  • henryhamilton

    They are already out with a denial, but I dont believe them. Its obvious.

  • Quenepa

    The liquify (photoshop) tool is a cover models best friend

  • felixthecat2

    best boobs in the middle photo. thanks gothamist.

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