Victoria Beckham’s Vogue China Editorial Faces Retouching Accusations

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Did Victoria Beckham suffer an epic thigh gap retouching fail in the pages of Vogue China? Beckham covers the magazine's May issue, and the designer posted a few shots from the editorial to her Instagram.

Fans immediately noticed something weird about Beckham's leg in the first photo she shared. "The first pic, looks like a block of her leg is missing," one commenter wrote.

Others defended Beckham and Vogue China, with comments like: "Am I the only one that thinks that it's the material from the clothing that she is wearing lol, get yourself together Internet!" Maybe it's like one of those optical illusions or a Magic Eye, because I'm trying so hard to see that but all I see is a slice missing from Beckham's thigh.

The actual Instagram:

Loved working on this shoot for @voguechina May issue. Thank u @inezandvinoodh, @wendyrowe, @georgecortina and @shayashual x vb

A video posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Apr 9, 2016 at 12:07am PDT

Here's the cover and more shots from the editorial:

@victoriabeckham on the cover of our May issue shot by #solvesundsbo @voguechina @solvesundsbostudio #victoriabeckham

A photo posted by Angelica Cheung (@angelica_cheung) on Apr 8, 2016 at 4:40am PDT

Thank u @voguechina, @angelica_cheung, @solvesundsbostudio, @hershesons and @wendyrowe! May cover on stands tomorrow x vb

A photo posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Apr 9, 2016 at 12:05am PDT

@voguechina Wearing my favorite #VVBPreAW16 x vb

A photo posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Apr 9, 2016 at 7:17pm PDT