Monday, January 8, 2007
First Milan and Now New York...
Just 2 hours ago,word is out that New York is the latest fashion capital to issue guidelines this week concerning skinny models. The CFDA(Council of Fashion Designers of America) has announced that guidelines concerning the issue of skinny models will be issued to designers, modeling agencies and production companies by the end of the week, just before casting for next month's fashion week begins. A special committee was formed to look at the issue and consists of the new council president, designer(and one of my favorites!) Diane von Furstenberg, a nutritionist, psychiatrist, trainer, and a representative from a fashion PR firm. A shock to me and some of you out there was the fact that Vogue Editor Anna Wintour(yes, [i]that[/i] Anna Wintour) was also in attendance. There was also an agent from DNA, a modeling agency was there too last Friday. The debate over skinny models took heat after the death of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston last November from anorexia. Since then, Sao Paulo's fashion week has taken steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again. This was all after Italy adopted guidelines that barred models who didn't meet the bmi equivelant to 121 pounds(55 kilos) for someone who was 5'7"(1.75 meters) from taking part in the fashion shows. Once again, the former CFDA president, Stan Herman, stalled on adopting guidelines similar to that of the ones in place in Milan and Madrid. He claimed that those guidelines would expose the organizers to possible legal action, adding that he "wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole" since people could sue and that it was like banning someone who's too fat. Yeah, right. Like anyone who was obese would want to walk down the runways anyhow. Face it, you just like 'em thin enough to the point that they look like pre-pubescent boys.
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I think its awesome they are putting a stop to it!!! Of course attractive girls with nice figuers make clothes look better...but like you said - the whole teenage book look is not hot!!!
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The CFDA guidelines are a huge disappointment. They're both wimpy and voluntary. While I think it's great that they're recommending the availability of healthy snacks backstage and suggesting to designers that they might not want to hire girls under 16 for the shows, it isn't enough. While many of the models may be children, it's time the designers and the rest of the industry behaved like grown ups and took responsibility for cleaning up their business. After all, if the fashion industry doesn't clean up themselves, these sensible labor requirements could get mandated by the state.
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