Hear ye, hear ye...

The US Fashion Council has issued a 'health initiative' for models last week, I know this is a repeat of an earlier post on this issue, but I decided to repost with the actual guidelines that were issued. Now for one thing I was hoping the guidelines would be of the same caliber as the guidelines that were put into action in Madrid or Milan, boy was I wrong there. While I applaud the fact that they also propose more education and awareness about eating disorders in the industry, however, I don't like the fact that they're still allowing models under 18 to still walk the runway. What's worse is that these guidelines are recommendations rather than them being requirements. Well, okay, so they're recommendations....at least we're getting somewhere(I hope). However, they should put out requirements and set them in stone. One such requirement should be that models under the age of 18 are forbidden to walk the runway because they're underdeveloped. Another good one would be have models who aren't total beanpoles walk the runway. What's wrong with allowing a model who actually has some meat on her bones as opposed to a majority of the models currently walking the runway a chance to display an outfit or dress from a designer's collection? Nothing at all, at least there's a person there who isn't skinny for a change. Another good one is the requirement to meet a certain BMI number in order to participate and for a physical to determine if the model is in good health(ie, not anorexic) to be able to participate. So much for progress, which in this case has proven to be a dreaded four letter word(yes, I know that progress is actually an 8 letter word, but to these guys it's pretty much a curse word)for these people. If they want to make progress, one best bet would be to keep Vogue editor Anna Wintour out of this. While she's not to blame for the eating disorders in the industry, however, she shouldn't even have a say in this since she pretty much has a problem with these initiatives to begin with. Another reason why is that the bitch needs to fucking eat for a change since she looks like the poster woman for eating disorders in women who are in their 50s(although she appears to be a full decade older, imo). Another thing though, is any modeling agent who thinks a naturally thin model is still 'fat' or that a model who may not be tall and thin, but they're slim with curves is still 'fat' should be fired because if that's what's driving these models to look like living skeletons, then maybe it's about time the modeling agencies(and the agents) get re-educated on this issue too/

In fairness though, they really aren't solely responsible for the rise in eating disorders, but at least they're recognizing that there are models out there who do have an eating disorder.



When NY Fashion Week kicks off on February 2, a panel on health and beauty with regards to the new recommendations will be hosted. Don't quite know why they're doing that, but maybe it's another one of those meetings where the panelists and designers and any other attendees can voice an opiinion on whether or not these recommendations should be requirements. Let's hope.




Source: Fashion Wire Daily. visit their site @ http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/