French lawmakers on Thursday adopted a bill forcing ultra-thin models to furnish a doctor's certificate confirming they are healthy and magazines that Photoshop their silhouette to tag the images as "touched up". The bill stipulates that models must obtain a medical certificate stating that their health, "assessed in particular in terms of body...
Dec 18, 2015
French deputies on Friday voted to ban ultra-thin catwalk models, despite howls of protest from modelling agencies in the world's fashion capital. "Anyone whose body mass index... is below a certain level will not be able to work as a catwalk model," according to the amendment voted in the National Assembly lower house of parliament. Agencies...
Apr 3, 2015
Vogue Italia have launched a campaign against blogs and social networking sites which promote anorexia. The magazine is giving readers the chance to get involved and support the campaign by signing a petition on their website. The publication has teamed up with Association for Eating Disorders to fight against the growing number of online secret...
Mar 23, 2011
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