vansanchez says:

zomfg she scared the crap out of me!

Sarah says:

I think its important for us to see the real deal and learn that we can’t look like 20 for all our lives. I rather see Madonna with all her wrinkles and a life well lived, then give me an illusion of a 50 year old looking like 20. That is bull…. and too much pressure for woman looking good until we are old wrinkly grannies. Enough said.

Isa says:

Are you insane? She’s only like 50. How the hell is that old when American women these days are living well into their 80s? Let’s see if you’re in that kind of shape when you’re in your 50th.

ariana says:

Just the fact to post these crude photos show that bryanboy is the usual women
hating gay ass….just as i suspected.
By the way with his black shades looks more stupid than good old madonna.
She is a creative force while our bryan is just surfing on something he would never be able to achieve.

Kazumi says:

i don’t buy this photo. She spent so much money for what?? look like this??
This cannot be real!!!!

Dynomysus says:

She’s 50 and looks great. The disappointment is in the perpetuation of an unrealistic ideal for women. I mean, even Madonna, a musical force to be reckoned with, still had to be Photoshopped to participate in this ad campaign. Or maybe she demanded to be touched up. Either way, that still says something. Lies, all lies. Don’t believe the hype!

Duel says:

Really? It mAkes me feel better! Finally the awful truth…Madonna is not eternal too..

gamecat says:

it’s the photographer that SUCKS, not the model

Kyle Tokata says:

1st- love Madge!
2nd- lets not forget that she is over 50. compare her to other +50 old women and not 20yrlds.
she looks good 4 her age. LV however is a diff story not a fan, I jst dont get it.

Gina Frey says:

These photos make me feel excited to age.
She looks like a beautiful human being.
Keep in mind, the “retouched” campaign ad version does not only edit / enhance her makeup,hair, skin, and eyes, but also SERIOUSLY plays up the lighting, contrast, and colors which play a crucial role in the reception of the photographs and how they make you feel.
A photo that is grey, dark and desaturated is not going to make you feel like jumping around on your bed to Spice Girls music. However, a photo with glowing, bright, pinks, greens, and blues and warm colors, will inevitably be received more warmly or just … “better”.
Keep this in mind….

ChellBellz says:

I’m not understanding why not keep it real and take some more flattering pictures of her? She looks crazy even in the retoched photo’s it doesn’t look real at all. Poor thing.

Marc says:

everyone looks horrible without the miracles of photoshop! The campaingn has amazing! And without “madonna wrinkled face” there wouldnt be a LV campaing!

nexcron says:

her model bf gonna be a rich boy soon.

absolutefr says:

You just proved your point…

Fashionistable says:

How does it make feel? Tired. But I also think Thank God.
However on another note I love retouching and am very glad that photographs are. The has been retouching since the dawn of photography. It has always walked hand in hand. I dont see what all the fuss is. The old Hollywood studios used to have rooms of retouchers to retouch the negatives the stars were shot on at the time. I love seeing people at their best or better than their best. I love the dream. We all need a little fantasy in our lives.

lulli says:

She looks good for a 50 year old woman anyway.

STE... says:

please come on…she looks fantastic…a little tired maybe…and very bad lighting…ive seen madonna last year close up…she looked amazing….never under estimate madonna….xx

dora says:

She looks a million times better than Fergie, who is a year younger and looks 10 years older

Tiina says:

Madonna looks very good!

johnnietse@btinternet.com says:

Madonna 50+!!she is not bad looking (without all the make up),i bet some of you when you reach to her age (without all the make up!!) will properly look worse then her in many time!!. So Madonna i fully support your age with the ture face to show the world!!

kim says:

still beautiful!
And guess what? All people will get older, theres nothing to be ashemed of.

zaisim says:

yes the photos were airbrushed – even girls one third her age are getting airbrushed – it’s what makes a photographer’s job more fun these days. but let’s face it, these are not real. similar thing was published about her w magazine photoshoot. do you think we are all that blind or that stupid? we’ve seen her on TV on david letterman, marriage reff, in concert for sticky and sweet, on news in malawi and cannes and in several paparazzi shots. unless the whole world is busy photoshopping every single appearance of madonna, these so called real photos of her and way too far fetched. give yourselves a break – she’s going nowhere.

Errol says:

It did suprise me a bit as to how haggard she looked, we all know that she is no spring chicken and time will not stand still for no woman.
At her age i would seriously consider retiring and enjoy the time she has left with her family, its not as if she needs the money, maybe she justs craves the lime light.
I still think of her as one of the greatest femail performers of our time.

manna says:

Aging is demonic. I feel sorry for all of us as we get older because no matter how old we look outside, we feel 17 and want to keep going and going.

Glow Santelli says:

OMG, and Jesus Luz is sleeping with her and not with (lets say) Britney or Kesha? Yuck at Jesus Luz!!!

jules says:

Oooh thats made me feel very lucky indeed! Im the same age and look much younger than Madonna and I havent got three million pounds to spend on my completion! Ive only enough to buy Oil of Olay and Vaseline!!! I bet she was gutted when she saw these!!

T Page says:

Shes been digitally made 2 look older in this pic for hype! she does nt look that old.! see her sticky and sweet dvd recorded last year she doesnt look that old! no way!

Christine says:

Those are just bad pictures because of the lighting. We’ve all seen many totally unretouched paparazzi photos of Madonna and we know she doesn’t look like that. Her skin is normally gorgeous.

peter bennett says:

i dont really know how i feel like this, i’m not reli sure if i think airbrushing is a problem either, also dont think that people listen to pop music to feel uplifted and her music isn’t exactly deep and meaningful, so why does she feel that distorting herself is such a big deal. Also id have a lot more respect for her doing this if she had an album coming out or something, like im not being funny this seems like a total attention grabing thing because no-ones talking about her. well done i spose for being brave enough to do it but dont get the point, Hollywood is supposed to be glamourous and aspirational, dont feel that these piks are
x

Lily says:

LOL spot on, i was trying to figure out who she was reminding me of

Tim G says:

Doesnt it just make you realise how much we live in a synthetic world where people are manipulated and airbrushed to an inch of their lives.

OK so some nubile model might look better au naturel, but even then she would be airbrushed. Madonna looks good for 50 (even though I cant stand the woman). I would rather see faces like that advertising whatever because it will make the world realise that we DONT have to look flawless 24/7, age is NOTHING to be ashamed of and hopefully we wont end up with so many dismorphic people who feel they have to go under the knife to ‘keep up’ with the younger generation.

Micah Constantino says:

jeez, photoshop much? Madonna isn’t the problem. It’s the horrible lighting and horrible make up. She’s 50++ years old, I really don’t expect her to look 30ish despite the botox. LV should really consider re-shooting. Phptoshop hide the eyebags and that’s it.

izzie says:

She looks fab for her age and how refreshing to see her face,…the wrinkles…few are those earned and why not celebrate them… our culture is obsessed with youth and perfection…but perfection can be a face full of wisdom experience and beauty…Madonna’s face is just that!

Cindy says:

Madonna’s pictures were not photo-shopped to make her look old. That’s what she really looks like. In her younger days she probably burnt the candle at both ends. Also, lighting on stage, or on TV is very bad for your skin. She looks like shit. I was shocked. She needs more cosmetic surgery.

Nina says:

Maybe people forgot that we have young beautiful models!?

Graciela says:

At first the pics impressed me a bit, it’s obvious she’s not 20 anymore; but on the other hand, when are campaigns and brands going to stop selling us stuff with 16 year old unrealistic, over retouched photos of sick skinny girls? Most of the customers don’t look like that, except for some spoiled heiress teenager or the kid of some celebrity perhaps. I think Madonna is setting a good example with these pics. It’s time the industry stops selling us lies, and us wanting to buy them.

paola catizone says:

May be they re trying to entice middle age women to the brand…after all, they (us) tend to be the group with more disposable income available for buying fashion and luxury items. hey re also trying to be polemic, a la Benetton, and judging by these comments they re succeeding

jackieevaoneil@gmail.com says:

I agree! We are all going to age someday if we are lucky to live that long. I’m only 26 but i know when i reach 50 – i don’t want people judging me on the fact that i no longer look 25 so….good on you Madonna!

Eva says:

He’s still with her… good to know though that people’s worth, especially that of women, is based solely on their looks.

eliza says:

Amazing – yes. but the woman could stand to smile?

Tuna Bhuna says:

You really want to believe that Madonna isn’t old, don’t you? I bet you’d scream if she wasn’t wearing all that foundation.
People are not perfect. Stop wanting them to be.

tumelo says:

finally we can see how old she is and how normal she is!

dandylondon says:

it is really bad lighting…besides the whole concept of the campaign was to put it though a special filter and achieve a certain artsy effect. i agree that young models in the the same light without retouching would look awful. who the f-k leaked these photos? here is a question for M’s team to investigate

Julian Garcia says:

The kneejerk reaction is to gag, because after you saw the retouched Louis ads (which by the way were my least favorite ever [what was that annoying digital glare!]), seeing the originals is shocking. Not totally unexpected but just awe-inspiring (and not in the good way).
If they just kept the retouching at a minimum, and better lit her (and shaved the peach fuzz on her chin) and did a better job on the makeup, it wouldn’t be so shocking and we’d assimilate our brains to socially accept aged beauty a little more.
I think she’s a beautiful, talented individual, but honestly those photos are plain ragged.

Europa Reader says:

well, we all get old right? for the unlucky ones they get old, fat and wrinkly. but madonna looks good for 50

messything says:

She looks tired.

leo says:

This is the un-Photoshopped Madonna I know.
http://prettyboring.com/files/images/old%20madge.preview.jpg

PJ says:

Did anyone send that ‘finished’ image to PhotoshopDisasters? Look at how much longer her arm on the right side is compared to the left?? The skin smoothing and all that is to be expected, but what the hell was so wrong with her ARM that they did that???

francis_m_flores@yahoo.com says:

exactly what i was thinking

Nuary says:

Now I know why Jesus Luz left her

Itcantallbedior says:

Madonna is the only choice for this campaign. The clothes take chutzpah to pull off and LV wanted someone the audience would identify with having a certain bravado instantly. Madonna’s got balls!

But she’s also a real woman in a role (model) that is built on artifice. You can’t fault the photoshop especially since her primary role is of a pop star. Pop starts are supposed to be glossy and shiny. We wouldn’t want it any other way.

And I love you Madge!

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vincent_white@gmx.net says:

i´m a 100% sure that these pictures aren´t the raw images – these pictures are photoshopped by someone, in the other direction, he made her look old. i´m an expert in retouching, and i can see what that person did to her face, fake wrinkles etc. besides, i know somebody working in stevens studio, and it would never be possible to get to the raw files of the shoot, for nobody than steven. so get it, these pics are fake, she may not look like a 20 year old woman, but she doesn´t look like a 50 year old. just check some amateur videos on youtube of her, videos can not be retouched, she looks pretty fresh.

mopar says:

What is the matter with looking old? I like it.

so urban so chic says:

Hey Bryanboy!!
Madonna will hate you just for this post!!hahaha
ver cool post!!
Congratulations!!
Kisis from Porto

Mariona says:

From the 30 that society wants to hide in the trunk of memories is lamentable.
Promote unrealistic beauty always involves feeling unsatisfied, I DO NOT WANT A DOLL FACE, REALLY WANT

Joan says:

OH EM GEE Madonna is old! LOLZ

patuxxa says:

She looks like a real woman. A woman who liked.

And she should be proud of it.

SheWearSheShares says:

I didn’t realize she was 50! I guess it makes sense and she does look good for her age, but seeing the pics UN-retouched was a bit of a shock.

absolutefr says:

why hasn’t it occurred to anyone that someone might have indeed touched the photo to make her look worse than she is??
look at some pictures taken from the red carpet – these are untouched and she doesn’t look raw as on those.
People – use your brains
Bryanboy – you should know better…

natalia says:

Well to be honest, madonna is a horrible model, not because of here age, but I thinkt that she’s looking on every picture the same… she should try to do more with her face…

Angeles says:

She looks great for her age, she is an artist, working hard and she is MADONNA! Come on…she can still to do wherever she wants!
Kisses
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Adrienne Cobb says:

What happened to her mole? At any rate, welcome to the world of modeling! Like someone said, a 20 year old would look just as “wretched” without photoshop and the same bad lighting. The clothing is ridiculous anyway, so anyone 50+ or not is going to look bad in it.

Z Fashion Blog says:

I’m sure you’ll be shocked all the same if you look at the original pictures of a 20 years old model before photoshop..

Nowadays all fashion pictures get this treatment before they end up in magazines. They make the skin look perfect the eyes look larger and more striking….etc

So I really don’t see anything weired or surprising in discovering that Madonna’s pictures were photoshoped for the campaign.

Maybe if we become less concerned and obsessed by age and perfection, the fashion industry will stop photoshoping models pictures..

Dev says:

Madonnas age isn’t the problem, what she’s trying to advertise is. If Madonna dressed age appropriate and modeled for a company that made classic non fussy lines, with untouched photos it would’ve been okay, but she insists on dressing like a teenager. It doesn’t mean that because your body looks good the face matches. You are not the same age as the boy you are shagging…. or the same age as your daughter

djmchase@hotmail.com says:

I think she looks amazing. To be honest Im not a fan. But there is something candid about the portrait that I really like. I really like art and photography more than the superficial need to hide someone’s age. I wish more stars would do this. Like Iggy Pop for example. Then the common person would maybe get use to it.

trish says:

i must say she looks fierce and but i really hate the outfit. Love the fact that they release these photos

rune dk says:

woops – she did not have a facelift!
good – but the campaign and the clothes are terrible!

kIlo says:

the campaign could have been more dramatic if they use the raw picture.

mjomesa says:

ow she looks like the witch in the movie stardust
OMG, WTF
Go Lola, may asim ka pa.

Madeleine Gallay says:

She looks like a beautiful woman.

Hannah says:

I like Madonna’s music etc but seriously you are not enticing me to the LV brand at all! I didn’t like it much before and I like it even less now.
For me advertising is about engaging people to the brand and just because someone famous is modelling the merchandise doesn’t mean I’m going to rush out and buy it, especially when the person doing the advertising looks that washed up!

Alexa says:

I’ll be honest, she looks WRETCHED. There is a reason models retire at..say 25 years old. She’s beyond old, too old do this stuff. And the photos aren’t that great, I hate to compare it like this, but my grandmother could do the same thing and she’s like a size 25.