Skinny anorexic model in the catwalk
After Cibeles (spanish catwalk) rejected some extra skinny models, anorexic girls still can work in some other countries without problems.
One of the world’s most famous fashion designers yesterday became the first to speak out against the use of stick-thin models.
Giorgio Armani urged the fashion industry not to use ’size zero’ models in an effort to curb the rise in eating disorders among young women.
The time has now come for clarity,’ he said. ‘We all need to work together against anorexia.’
He accused some designers of exploiting underweight models to get publicity, condemning those ‘who like to provoke, who like to make a show so they get talked about’.
He said: ‘I have never liked thin girls and I have never made them go on the catwalk.’
His comments follow calls for size zero models - equivalent to a British size four - to be banned from fashion shows.
The debate started after Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos dropped dead from heart failure minutes after stepping off the catwalk. The slender 22-year-old had spent three months on a near-starvation diet to lose even more weight.
In the wake of her death, models with a body mass index (BMI) of 18 or under were banned from Madrid Fashion Week.
BMI is calculated by taking your weight in kilograms and dividing it by your height in metres squared. A BMI of 18.5 or below is classed as underweight by the World Health Organisation.
Marianne Berglund, one of the finalists from Five’s Make Me A Supermodel series, had a BMI of just 16.1, leading to her being nicknamed ‘the walking skeleton’. At 5ft 10in, she weighs just eight stone and has a 241/2-in waist.
While health experts and commentators agree that stick-thin models should not be allowed to appear at fashion shows, the top designers have remained silent. The news that Armani - one of the most instantly recognisable names in fashion - has entered the debate is bound to raise eyebrows.
The Italian, who is designing the outfits for the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, said he did not use thin girls in his shows.
‘At my shows you will find girls in size 42 outfits (the equivalent of a UK size 14),’ he said. ‘I choose very feminine women with little breast and straight hips because that is my aesthetic philosophy.
‘However, there are others out there who like to provoke, who like to make a show so they get talked about.
‘I have never liked these excesses and I have always condemned them. We need to all work together against anorexia.’
Armani’s statement followed an appeal from Italy’s Sport and Youth Minister Giovanna Melandri to fashion houses to drop the ‘thin is beautiful’ line.
All the models taking part in Milan Fashion Week next year will need to produce certificates showing they are in good health.
And the organisers of Rome’s fashion week in January have announced that they want to see ‘fleshier’ models. It remains to be seen if Britain will follow suit.
At London Fashion Week, this year, one anonymous designer said: ‘I would never knowingly use a model who was anorexic, but the simple fact is that we employ these girls as moving coat-hangers.
‘We’re not looking for sex appeal or to hold a mirror up to the woman on the street, we are trying to shift clothes to the store buyers.
‘I personally think that a slender figure is the best way to show them off.’
Last month, 40 doctors and specialists from London’s largest eating disorders clinic signed an open letter to the British Fashion Council criti-cising the use of super-thin models who are ‘clearly anorexic’.
Via: Daily Mail
i beleive anorexic models are xtremly grose.
im doing s report on anorexic models in school.
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Annie
11 Dec 07 at 5:16 pm
Armani has always been a favorite designer of mine. It seems the best ones always come from Italy!
Vintage Giorgio Armani
1 Jan 08 at 8:04 pm
Some of us are naturally thin. I am 5′8” and 110 lbs, and 34-25-34. When I was born I was 21″ long and weighed 6 lbs.
To hear people say “we”, ulta-thin people, are gross, is like hearing other ignorant people say “fat”, “black”, “short” “pale” “big nosed” “whatever” people are ugly and disgusting. Keep your negativity to yourself. I think the world would be a better place if we had more compassion, and less judgement, about nature’s variety.
I’m tired of hearing unwarranted criticism of others, and the endless negative expression that seems to be so popular in the media and on the web.
I am happier because I’m choosing to focus more on service to others, and improving myself. I do more expression of what is “positive” with less expression of my “flaws”.
Models; it’s their life, and most are genetically predisposed to be successful in this job. These girls chose a career that requires extreme thinness, height, long necks and high cheekbones.
When I am on a plane, I’m glad the pilot flying the plane is in a career that requires excellent eyesight, low blood pressure, physical stamina, and has a certain age limit.
Jennifer
16 Feb 08 at 6:05 am
you need to eat your ugly when you dont eat. i am going to by you a bunch of big macs so you get a little bit more curves then we will date. yeah boy!
Brandan
28 Feb 08 at 11:51 pm
I completely agree with Jennfer.
To be completely honest: I think everyone in America has an eating disorder in some way. There are 10 year old kids stuffing their face with multiple cheesburgers from McDonalds in one sitting, when the actually amount an adult should eat is one. Most Americans are overweight because of their diet, yet the underweight people are the ones put in the spotlight for having such a problem. Both types have a problem, but we only address the one.
We should NOT be condemning the people who are under the impression that they look better anorexic, we should be helping them. The grotesque beauty they see is all a part of their disease and they should actually be helped, not yelled at.
I have been anorexic and bulimic and know about how it feels. These people need help. Yelling at their sickness only makes it worse.
Nikki
1 Mar 08 at 9:21 pm
I think she looks fantabulous!!
Raya
4 Mar 08 at 6:51 pm
i think that you are so hot and yeah
nong ning ging
10 May 08 at 12:31 am
i think it’s disgusting and it’s putting out a bad message to all the young teenagers
annelise.rushton
19 May 08 at 2:26 am
These are Asian models pictured here and in most Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, China, and Japan and also in the Middle East, the fashion industry encourages anorexia on their models, due to their strict, perfectionistic culture. If you ever go to those countries, you won’t see any plus size clothing for women at all.
In fact, these images of those anorexic Asian models give everyday Asian girls a bad image of themselves, knowing Asian girls suffer from a lot of eating disorders.
Lisa
15 Oct 08 at 9:53 pm
Yes, indeed, because an anorexic needs to be freaky. What self indulgent world is this that makes a model hold so much power? Do they? Hmm. Maybe if everywhere you went weight wasn’t an issue. How many times do you say “you look good,…” and then make a reference to weight or how many times do you hear it? These things run much deeper than the catwalk methinks.
Chris
18 Oct 08 at 1:01 am
@ Lisa..
do you know why you seldom see a plus size clothing for woman? cos asian mostly eat healthyly.. we are health conscious.. as in we dont eat much burgers, fattening food in front of the television and no excercising at all.and also mostly its all are in the genes i should say.aand you should be glad if the plus size u mention is not for fats ur stored
Elen
24 Nov 08 at 5:08 am