Underweight Models Banned from Madrid’s Fashion Week
Madrid, Spain’s fashion week is here, and they’ve turned away 30% of the models who applied to do their little dance on the catwalk. The reason for the cold, bony shoulder? Not enough B.M.I. (Body Mass Index)
They’re tired of the rail-thin heroin-chic example being set for the country’s youth.
“Fashion is a mirror and many teenagers imitate what they see on the catwalk,” said regional official Concha Guerra.
The mayor of Milan, Italy, Letizia Moratti, told an Italian newspaper this week she would seek a similar ban for her city’s show unless it could find a solution to “sick” looking models.
But the bean poles aren’t taking it laying down! At least they aren’t until they get worn out from standing up.
Cathy Gould, of New York’s Elite modeling agency, said the fashion industry was being used as a scapegoat for illnesses like anorexia and bulimia.
“I think its outrageous, I understand they want to set this tone of healthy beautiful women, but what about discrimination against the model and what about the freedom of the designer,” said Gould, Elite’s North America director, adding that the move could harm careers of naturally “gazelle-like” models.
I find it humorous that in Ms. Gould’s statement she presents it as fact that most models are not healthy and beautiful. She accomplishes this by suggesting that for someone to demand models look healthy and beautiful would be inversely proportionate to her client list making her more money living in a free world. Ergo her models are not healthy and beautiful. I would venture to guess, by the nature of her remarks, they’re a bunch of nose-candy swilling paper dolls who are fantastic at looking “sad-sexy”, “disinterested-sexy” and “bored-sexy”.
I, for one, can’t wait until this is the norm instead of an anomaly worthy of news coverage.
Skinny Models Banned From Catwalk - CNN (pops)
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*The author of this post is well aware of its over-general pithiness. Well, models are an easy target, what do you want from me? A self-referential disclaimer of questionable insincerity? -Ed.
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4 opinions for Underweight Models Banned from Madrid’s Fashion Week
Big Sam
Sep 13, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Skinny Models begone–Hurray! Mucho gusto, Senora Guerra, and it’s about friggin’ time. Oh, that such reason might have issued from the good ole US of A. But then, we are the land of the freak and the sold.
Tommy
Sep 14, 2006 at 3:23 pm
I, for one, was outraged. This is what I do. I can’t even make rent now, because the Spaniards consider me “unhealthy”.
Wade
Sep 14, 2006 at 3:38 pm
You and me both, buddy.
keister
Sep 15, 2006 at 8:28 pm
should i even leave a comment?
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