Milan Bans The Skinny Model
December 20th 2006 11:42
photo by xenia from www.morguefile.com
The fashion capital of the world has finally decided to set a new healthy trend - Underage and superskinny models will be banned from the catwalks of Milan from 2007.
An agreement was recently signed not only prohibiting young men and women under the age of 16 from parading down the runway but also preventing those with a body mass index of 18.5 or less from participating in future fashion shows.
It seems the Italians have taken the lead from their fellow Spaniards who banned super-skinny models from certain shows in September this year. It also seems that it's only a matter of time before the rest of the world follows the trend with the Brazilians also in the midst of launching a campaign against the use of morbidly thin models.
Even better still, the Italian campaign seeks to implement healthy eating courses for all employees of the fashion world.
And to top it all off, there is also talk about including a range of clothing sizes in the fashion shows rather than the standard American sizes 0 to 2.
Wow, how did this happen? Did Donatella wake up all of a sudden and feel like a cheeseburger? Did Armani suddenly realise that a rounded ass looks much nicer in leather than a non-existent one?
No No. Unfortunately it took several deaths and some serious heart conditions to knock some sense into the fashion industry. Hopefully, that sense will now stay with them for a long, long time.
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