waider | a funny thing happened on the way to post production

Around the time the Sugababes released their single "Shape", there was a floating story that the original video had to be touched up because it showed a little too much skin. The story was complete with a suitably giggly quote from one of the band members and I ran across it in at least two different places, one in print and one online; I've managed to dig up what is, to my recollection, pretty much the exact wording I'd previously read:

Sexy pop trio THE SUGABABES has re-edited their new video - because it was deemed too raunchy for public consumption. The girls had been filmed naked for the track "Shape" and computer-generated butterflies were used to cover specific parts of their bodies. However, even this was not enough to make the video screenable. Singer Heidi Range says, "There was just one butterfly covering each nipple. We've got the copies and they're being kept away from fans. "My dad would shoot my if he saw the original. There was practically nothing to cover me. You could see the whole of my bottom."

However, while randomly websurfing this evening, I came across this snippet:

What was most impressive if that the girls were not naked, or even in bikinis. The[sic] were actually wearing dresses made of butterflies.
In post production, it was decided that the butterfly dresses looked pretty stupid, and I can say that I agree. Initially the idea was to have these dresses and simply add a few flying CG butterflies. But the dresses were extremely unflattering and so VFX stepped in. Using 3DSMAX, new bodies were made for each of the girls, designed to match perfectly with their own.