The fashion shows in Milan are banning waify models, TOO!!!

[jey47key]

ok so that means Snejana Onopka won't walk for Dolce&Gabbana ? NO WAY, she's a favourite of theirs, i'm sure she'll be in milan fashion week and so will Vlada

Ok. However, they might wanna think about adding a few pounds, just to be sure. When Spain imposed a limit on the body index for the Madrid show this past September, Petra Nemcova had to gain weight in order to participate, which she did.

are you sure Petra did Madrid Fashion week ?

unless i'm wrong, she just did 1 show in NY

i really doubt she had to gain weight, since 2 years now she is gaining weight

[SympathysSilhouette]

Explain to me like I'm a three year old why curvy models and high fashion don't mix well?

[MattLoveModels]

maybe you should make a thread

[Party.in.Paris]

yeah, actually that's a good question!!!

[PinkCouture]

Explain to me like I'm a three year old why curvy models and high fashion don't mix well?

Not sure does this really answer your question, but someone once told me thin people look better in clothes because it hangs better on them and thin people look taller which makes the clothes looks better and more "sophisticated." It also looks more "crisp" and "organized" and not messy and cheap.

I do not agree though <_<

[SympathysSilhouette]

I see

[greeneyed_lady]

yeah i agree with pinky. models are pretty much supposed be walking hangers.so people can pay attention to the clothes, not the body.

it's just the way it's always been i guess . i agree that some girl look unhealthy but i think that NATURALLY skinny, thin girls with no curves look better on the runway. as long as they look healthy

[Taben]

Amen

[k_dub]

yeah i agree with pinky. models are pretty much supposed be walking hangers.so people can pay attention to the clothes, not the body.

it's just the way it's always been i guess . i agree that some girl look unhealthy but i think that NATURALLY skinny, thin girls with no curves look better on the runway. as long as they look healthy

Well, I think that's the main point, and the problem is that many of the skinny, thin girls DON'T LOOK HEALTHY!!! That Brazilian model who died of anorexia last month probably added more fuel to this fire as well.

are you sure Petra did Madrid Fashion week ?

Yea, jey, I'm sure about that. Petra Nemcova was on "Access Hollywood" talking about it awhile back. She was saying that she was losing weight in order to participate in the fashion show, then later learned that only "healthy looking" models were gonna be used. She also added that is was hard for her to gain some "of that weight back".

[jey47key]

are you sure Petra did Madrid Fashion week ?

Yea, jey, I'm sure about that. Petra Nemcova was on "Access Hollywood" talking about it awhile back. She was saying that she was losing weight in order to participate in the fashion show, then later learned that only "healthy looking" models were gonna be used. She also added that is was hard for her to gain some "of that weight back".

i believe you that she said that on TV, but we get no pics/ videos or news about her doing shows in Madrid. we're going off-topic chatting about her, but i doubt she lost weight to do just 1 show, then gain weight to be able to do any show during the Madrid fashion week without doing any

[Nicola Trunfio]

[maddog107]

least the US has some common sense

New York fashion council rejects rules for skinny models

NEW YORK (AFP) - Despite growing concern about skinny waifs on the catwalk, the leading association of US fashion designers stopped short of issuing rules on the size of models, instead calling for more education about eating disorders.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), which founded New York's fashion week and still plays a key role in the event, said it would not follow some European authorities who have set body mass index requirements for models.

"The CFDA Health Initiative is about awareness and education, not policing," the group said in a statement, releasing the guidelines ahead of castings for fashion week, which begins on February 2.

"Eating disorders are emotional disorders that have psychological, behavioral, social, and physical manifestations, of which body weight is only one," it said.

Instead the group recommended educating the industry to identify the early warning signs of eating disorders and suggesting models suffering such conditions be required to seek help before they can continue modeling.

Its suggestions included establishing workshops on the nature of eating disorders, providing regular breaks and healthy meals at shoots and promoting awareness about smoking and underage drinking among models.

The CFDA formed a special committee to look at the issue, composed of designer Diane von Furstenberg, the council's new president, a nutritionist, a psychiatrist, a trainer and a representative from a fashion PR firm.

Vogue Editor Anna Wintour and an agent from top modeling agency DNA also took part in committee meetings.

The issue of skinny models came to a head last September when Madrid authorities banned models who failed to meet a certain weight to height ratio from taking part in a major fashion show to avoid sending out the wrong message to young girls.

The debate intensified with the death in November of Brazilian Ana Carolina Reston, who suffered from anorexia. Sao Paolo's fashion week has since announced it will run a public information campaign on the condition.

In Italy, authorities and fashion designers last month adopted guidelines banning models if they do not meet a body mass index equivalent to 55 kilos (121 pounds) for someone measuring 1.75 meters (five foot seven).

[Taben]

great news, i think that's a smart move

[persuazn]

Yay for the US

Milan better do the same :persuazn:

[maddog107]

UK agrees with US

London rejects ban on ultra-thin-models

By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

Thu Jan 25, 1:46 PM ET

LONDON - Organizers of London Fashion Week said Thursday they would not ban ultra-thin models from the catwalk, but stressed they had asked designers to use only "healthy" people in their shows.

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The British Fashion Council said barring stick-thin models _ as fashion weeks in Madrid and Milan have done _ "is neither desirable nor enforceable."

The council, a consortium of major fashion retailers and publishers that oversees London's twice-yearly fashion weeks, said it recognized its responsibility to help promote a healthy body image.

"We have asked designers, model agencies and image makers to respect this responsibility and to use only healthy models for their collections. Additionally, we recommend that only models aged 16 or over are used," the council said in a statement.

"We believe that regulation is neither desirable nor enforceable. What will make a difference is the commitment of the fashion industry to change attitudes through behavior and education."

The council said it was setting up a task force to create new guidelines for the fashion industry.

The debate over waif-like models has intensified in the past year as many models and celebrities appear increasingly thin.

In September, Madrid's Fashion Week, the Pasarela Cibeles, announced it was banning models with a Body Mass Index, or height-to-weight ratio, below 18. A 5-foot-9 model weighing 125 pounds would have a BMI of 18. Milan's fashion week also tightened its restrictions on underweight models.

The issue was back in the headlines in November, when 21-year-old Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died of causes linked to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.

A British Cabinet minister who previously called for ultra-thin models to be banned backed the fashion council's call for self-regulation.

"I urge strongly the designers taking part to support this," said Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.

"Too many teenage girls try to starve themselves into unhealthy thinness, at great risk to their health," she said. "The fashion industry is hugely powerful in shaping the attitudes of young women and their feelings about themselves. Teenage girls aspire to look like their role models. If their role models are healthy, it will help inspire girls to be the same."

Designers including Betty Jackson, Nicole Farhi and Julien Macdonald are due to showcase their autumn/winter collections at London Fashion Week beginning Feb. 12.

[Taben]

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[Lolita]

I am happy that everyone is banning skinny models. But honestly when I see pictures now of girls on the runway they are still sticks.

[maddog107]

I am happy that everyone is banning skinny models. But honestly when I see pictures now of girls on the runway they are still sticks.

and I think its a horrible act of discrimination.

[maddog107]

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MADRID, Spain - The organizers of Spain's top annual fashion show on Sunday rejected five out of 69 fashion models as being too thin to appear in this year's event, acting on a decision to bar underweight women from the catwalk.

The show, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, decided in September 2005 not to allow women below a body mass to height ratio of 18 to take part.

One of the rejected models had only reached a ratio of 16, the equivalent of being 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing less than 110 pounds, said Dr. Susana Monereo, of Madrid Getafe hospital's endocrinology and nutrition department, who along with two other doctors was in charge of assessing the models.

Monereo said this represented "extreme thinness."

Three of the five models turned away were not Spanish, Monereo said.

The five models had come from working at a New York fashion show and two of them had taken part in 25 shows before flying to Madrid for the assessment, said Leonor Perez Pita, director of Pasarela Cibeles.

"It could be that they lost weight during that period," Perez Pita said.

She said the Madrid show's aim was to convey a message of "health and beauty."

"Five hundred people will see them here, but through television it'll make it six million, and a young girl may think it's a definition of beauty and may even make herself ill as a result."

The model Raquel Brel, who at 5 feet 11 1/2 inches tall and nearly 135 pounds, passed the assessment, said she agreed with the terms imposed by the show.

"Excessively thin models aren't good for society and don't correspond with reality," said Brel, adding she knew of models who only ate an apple a day while working.

"There are more models who eat little than those whose weight is naturally low," Brel said.