Fashion Addict ; From Newyork to London Fashion Week,the Size Debate Rages On

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SO, WERE the catwalks in New York last week buckling under the weight of chunkier models? Had Zimmer frames been issued to help the over-25s hobble down the runway?

Well, not exactly. But there were signs that U.S. designers, agencies and editors were willing to air the link between skinny models and eating disorders and low self-esteem among women, and make changes in the way they do business.

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Fashion Addict ; From Newyork to London Fashion Week,the Size Debate Rages On

At a hastily convened symposium, the Council of Fashion Designers of America put forward its recommendations for tackling the problem.

Though it stopped short of demanding models have a minimum body mass index or pass a medical (only Milan and Madrid have gone this far), it announced that no o...

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