UK - 'Retailers have a moral obligation to ban the airbrush,'
'We have a moral obligation to ban the airbrush': Debenhams vows not to retouch model shots... and calls on others to follow suit
The airbrush backlash is now well underway as Debenhams announces a ban on all retouched lingerie model shots.
The high-street department store puts and end to such images as they 'want to help customers feel confident about their figures without bombarding them with unattainable body images'.
The use of some digital photography techniques to create unrealistic body shapes and flawless skin can make men and women feel more insecure about their natural looks and size.
Recent research shows that half of schoolgirls as young as 12 are unhappy with their weight and some are skipping meals in an effort to slim, 'due to exposure to airbrushed images'.
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Quite right. 
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We are absolutely destroying generations of young girl's self image and self worth... (not to mention the lingering harm done to quite a few of us older gals) 
with the changeover from classic models to the likes of Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy. That's not a personal criticism of either model ,both of whom were naturally very slim, but the fact remains that the image they were used to portray started to lead young girls astray. My first experience of that was 1962 when the girls at college started slimming for what to me was no apparent reason whatsoever.
The Shrimp then and now :
