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Why magazine retouchers erase belly buttons

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The quest for flawless aesthetic presentation in fashion magazines reaches bizarre anatomical extremes. Editors and retouchers are so obsessed with creating perfectly smooth, unbroken lines on swimsuit models that they frequently over-smooth the torso, entirely blurring out the subject's belly button and accidentally printing photos of impossibly smooth alien midriffs.

Why magazine retouchers erase belly buttons
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