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Anorexic models ok for London fashion week?
The British Fashion Council, which runs London Fashion Week, has said it has ditched a plan to demand health certificates proving models do not have anorexia.
The idea came out of the Model Health Inquiry, set up by the BFC in March last year to investigate health problems suffered by models in the British fashion industry, following a furore over "size zero" super-skinny models.
New York, Paris and Milan -- other centres of the fashion industry -- have said the plan is unworkable.
So another year of malnourished models in expensive clothes. Is this fashionable? The British Fashion Council, which runs London Fashion Week, has said it has ditched a plan to demand health certificates proving mode... more -
Top models 'will boycott London Fashion Week' over size zero good health...
"Not using such thin girls is against the odds and getting attitudes to change is like trying to turn a laden oil tanker in the middle of the Atlantic"
Sarah Doukas, founder of the Storm agency "Not using such thin girls is against the odds and getting attitudes to change is like trying to turn a laden oil tanker in the m... more -
Fashion is racist
A major model agent has laid bare the racial discrimination the fashion industry is riddled with.
Premier Model Management's Carole White admitted that finding work for black clients was significantly harder than for the white models, as magazines and designers were reluctant to employ them. Models from ethnic backgrounds 'have to be perfect because we can't have a lot of diversity with black models.' At style.com, three shows chosen at random featured black models in eight out of 136 photographs taken during the week. The March issue of Vogue – with more than 400 pages of editorial and advertising – has 14 shots with black or Asian women – two of them featuring Naomi Campbell. Is this an issue industry insiders should work to tackle, or is it just a case of giving people what they want? A major model agent has laid bare the racial discrimination the fashion industry is riddled with. ... more -
Fashionably green
Designers at this year's London Fashion Week have taken sustainable fashion beyond the itchy socks and hemp sacks to sneakers made from vegetable-tanned leather, organic cotton and sustainable latex. Designers at this year's London Fashion Week have taken sustainable fashion beyond the itchy socks and hemp sacks to sneakers mad... more
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Backstage with the beautiful people
Poor model, why so sad? London Fashion Week swings into town in a couple of weeks - here's some rad photos picked from the New York side-of-things archives to get you all frothy-mouthed with excitement. Poor model, why so sad? London Fashion Week swings into town in a couple of weeks - here's some rad photos picked from the New Y... more
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