Gothamist points out the New York Times fashion writer Cathy Horyn said the following about Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks at the Golden Globes: “As one stylist said, ‘You don’t put a big girl in a big dress.'” (It’s important to note that Horyn was quoting a stylist, and that Horyn herself actually calls Hendricks “pretty.”) Gothamist suggests that the more egregious error comes in the way that the Times manipulated a photograph of Hendricks, which is on the left below, next to the actual photo:
She’s not big, she’s vertically challenged! After getting some complaints, the Times updated the original post with the following:
Update | 2:57 p.m. A number of readers raised concerns that the photo of Christina Hendricks at the Golden Globe Awards had been deliberately altered. The photo was slightly distorted inadvertently due to an error during routine processing. The photograph has been replaced.
If we take them at their word, it was just an extremely unfortunate juxtaposition of bad blog hoodoo, photography, and words. I would have absolutely no idea how to manipulate a photograph like that using Slog technology, but the New York Times has a whole army of interns that could potentially fuck up photo uploading. The whole story will never be clear, but we should all take a moment to pause and remember the important issue that this whole kerfluffle has raised: Christina Hendricks is a stone-cold fox.
I doubt her hair is naturally that shade of red, but I’d bet money she’s naturally reddish at the least. You just don’t get that shade of skin with any other coloring. I should know, I have the same skin. It’s about the only thing I have in common with her, appearance-wise. If I could wake up tomorrow looking exactly like someone, that’d be my pick.
@51: She’s openly said that she’s been dyeing her hair red since she was, like, 10. I think she said she’s actually blonde, but no word on if it’s reddish blonde.
@51 & 52, me too with the blonde-gone-red, and I have the same skin tone. It’s the red hair color that brings out the flush/blush that makes it so dramatic. While the skin tone is possible in combo w/other hair colors, it’s at its best with red. 🙂
@38 and 51
According to Wikipedia, she’s been dying her hair red since she was ten years old. In my book, and I love, love, redheads, that counts.