What's a magazine dying to put Kate Middleton on its cover to do? That's easy -Photoshop away. There's no doubt that Middleton, 30, would be a major get for a fashion mag - reportedly, both British and American Vogue have tried, unsuccessfully, to get the royal to agree to a shoot. So when it came time to settle on a cover star for their August issue, Marie Claire South Africa took matters into their own hands by photoshopping an image of Prince William's love.
南非8月刊的《Marie Claire》的封面人物、英国王妃凯特·米德尔顿引发了极大关注，向来衣着得体、淡雅大方的她居然一身异国情调的红裙火热亮相，实在让人大(微博)跌眼镜。原来为了宣传南非的设计师，并帮助他们得到世界的认可，杂志方通过PS让凯特王妃穿上了南非时装，大展热带风情。编辑阿斯帕西亚·卡拉斯说：“毫无疑问，凯特·米德尔顿是新的世界风尚偶像。我们很荣幸通过人工素材图向她致以敬意，为她穿上南非设计师的服装，把她置于趣味横生的日常环境。”
Unlike other Duchess Kate photoshop missteps, Marie Claire SA's cover was expressly designed to look as if the future Queen of England had struck a pose for the mag while rocking threads by famed South African designer Clive Rundle. "Kate Middleton is, without a doubt, the world's new style icon," Aspasia Karras, Marie Claire SA's editor, explained of their "hyper-real" issue. "We have honored her with a fan-art tribute, dressing her up in clothes by South African designers and placing her in all sorts of fun, everyday situations."
迄今为止，凯特王妃从没有为任何出版物拍过照片，杂志方也毫不掩饰这是张PS图。身为公众人物的她究竟该不该像明星一样成为杂志的平面素材，对于杂志社的此种做法，目前也引来许多不同看法。