Oh, how I love those ladies over at Jezebel! Kimora Lee Simmons has used an obviously shopped image for her latest perfume campaign, and I have been hoping that someone would find the original source image. Well, it appears it has been franken-shopped from a few models…
Kimora’s ad is on the right, and Jezebel found the legs were that of model Daria Werbowy (from a 2005 Vogue cover on the left), and wrote a very good break down of how they think it was shopped.
April 28, 2010 UPDATE: As much as I love Jezebel, I love the eagle eye users of this site even more! Commenter Doron pointed out that although he thinks the Kimora ad was Shopped, that these legs are not the source. He says: “Yes, the pictures are similar, but out of all the modelling pictures ever published, it’s not surprising that you can find one that looks very much like any other picture. When layered one on top of the other and compared pixel-to-pixel, one of the legs doesn’t even look alike.” So I did just that…
[mouse over to see the other image above] If you don’t like the mouse over thing you can see the 2 images overlayed below…
Survey says: Doron is correct! I lined up the ankles of the forward facing foot. While there are similarities to the legs the important things (namely ankles, calves and kneecaps) are entirely different. So, it appears I go back to hoping someone out there finds the original source imagery for this gem. I still believe it is Shopped (cuz Lord knows that is NOT Kimora’s current body) so the original has to be out there somewhere.
Thanks Doron for keeping your eyes on the pixels and calling this out! Please check out Doron’s blog post on this as well.
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They are also completely wrong. Yes, the pictures are similar, but out of all the modelling pictures ever published, it’s not surprising that you can find one that looks very much like any other picture. When layered one on top of the other and compared pixel-to-pixel, one of the legs doesn’t even look alike.
This is a lot like the Demi Moore case, when Jezebel and other sites were quick to jump to the conclusion that her head was planted on another model’s body. Photo-skepticism is good, and there’s no doubt the Kimora ad was shopped to hell and back, but this “stolen legs” accusation simply isn’t true.
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