Retouching photos is like the dirty underbelly of the fashion industry. Or maybe it's the underbelly's dirty underbelly. I mean, starving models in the first place seems pretty dirty. But then air-brushing them even more?! That's just awful, right? Except...those photos can come out looking pretty killer, in the end. Now I know this won't sit well with some of our readers, but as the resident "dude" on the FF team, I gotta represent now and again. So, peep dis, y'all:

Photos Courtesy www.hautfashion.com

Jessica Alba looks positively smokin' in the 2009 Campari calendar. And she just knocked out a baby five months ago! Mad respect.

But many on the Net are livid at the news that the evil fashion overlords slimmed her hips, punched-up her makeup, and tossed in a bit more cleavage.

THE HORROR!!!!!!!!

Here's the thing: even in her ugliest moment, Jessica Alba is still wayyyyy out of our league (I'm speaking for most guys, not myself personally, because, well, my friends DO call me Canada's Cash Warren...). But trust me, we don't expect our girlfriends to look like that. So, I say, why not take it up another notch? Airbrush her legs. Hell, bring in a body double! Go all out! It's just eye candy, anyway. No one gets upset when a Hollywood heartthrob gets CGI'ed into a superhero. So let's not flip-out when a Hollywood bombshell is airbrushed into a superbabe. As long as we all know that's what's going on...

And for the record, I'm totally cool with airbrushing dudes as well. Give them more hair, or a bigger package. Lucky for me, a wit like mine can't be superimposed over just any male model, no matter what kind of Photoshop wizard you are.

Posted by LUKE