CFDA Panel on Skinny Models: Coco Rocha on Her StruggleDiane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, and Coco Rocha joined forces last night to talk candidly about eating disorders. And strangely, the fashion world paid attention.
Lots of Models Identify With Ali Michael’s Weight IssuesModel Ali Michael spoke out on the ‘Today’ show last week about how unhealthy she became to lose weight for her modeling career. More models are now speaking out on the Internet.
Despite Impending French Ban, Fashion Industry Holds Fast to Thin IdealsOn Tuesday in Paris, a French bill that would imprison for up to three years and fine for up to $70,000 anyone who “incited excessive thinness” was passed by the National Assembly; the bill now just needs approval from the French senate to become law.
France Revisits the Skinny-Model ProblemFrance is not ignoring the skinny model problem, pas de tout. But they expect the titans of industry to change the status quo on voluntary basis.
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Britain Fights Photoshopped Magazine ImagesJudging from the clavicle action on the runways this past Fashion Week, the British Fashion Council’s Model Health Inquiry hasn’t had a major effect on catwalks, but the council is pushing for change in editorial departments.
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Anna Wintour Is Sick of Skinny Models, TooIs the age of the pale, nondescript waif model almost over? According to Anna Wintour’s letter in the April “shape” issue of Vogue, it ought to be.
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Designer Bradley Bayou Calls Out CFDA for Too-Thin ModelsThe skinny-model debate persists today thanks to designer Bradley Bayou. He stopped using size-0 and size-2 models after his daughter battled anorexia. She collapsed from the disease after years of struggling to fit into his sample sizes.
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Gucci Dinner Persuades Malawian Official to Okay Madonna’s Adoption; Lily Allen Looks Upset at London Fashion Week• It’s not just New York that’s still buzzing about the dinner Madonna co-hosted with Gucci to raise money for UNICEF and Raising Malawi, a charity that helps orphans there. A Malawian minister said the country “owes her so much” and should allow her adoption of 2-year-old Malawian David Banda, which she has a final hearing on in April. [NYDN]