Crystal Renn seems to have found herself in the middle of another media storm - and this time, her weight has NOTHING to do with it . Having just seen Vogue Japan's October 2011 front cover and some of the editorial pics featuring the former plus size beauty, we knew immediately what all the hoopla would be about. Have no idea? Take a look at her eyes….there you go!
Yep, Anna Dello Russo taped back and raised Crystal Renn's eyes to make her look Asian, which a lot of natives and non-natives alike have found offensive. ADR may have tried to play on Karlie Kloss's Vogue China shoot with Mario Testino back in May, whereby the teen model was captured in stereotypical Chinese attire and poses. Not a lot of people seemed to have a problem with that - after all, she was embracing the culture and more importantly, her eyes remained in their normal position.
Let's not forget that Vogue are on very thin ice as far as racism goes - this year they managed to offend two Asian models by getting their names mixed up, while over at Vogue Italy, they thought it would be a fab idea to call some hoop earrings "slave earrings", thus offending everyone!
Then comes the age-old dilemma that is so common in print ads whereby models/celebs are airbrushed within an inch of their lives - so much so that they are barely recognisable. If ADR and the Vogue team wanted an Oriental cover girl - they should have got one. If they wanted Crystal Renn, they should take her as she is, no?
It has certainly generated a lot of publicity for the mag, but we think it's safe to say Vogue would happily give up some of the publicity they've generated over the years. What does everyone else think? We see what Anna Dello Russo tried to do - the images are striking and Crystal is as gorgeous as she always is - but we also think the same effect could have been achieved without the eye scrape-age. Opinions?
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