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"France's ultra-thin ideal is passe but not a problem"

France's waif obsession means its fashion sector snubs many women with bigger body types, but there is no need for a ban on ultra-thin models, said the patron of a plus-size Paris catwalk show under way this weekend. "It's a cultural blockage," explained Clementine Desseaux, a 26-year-old French model who lives in New York. The size-44 brunette...

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Pulp 'Plus-size' Fashion Week celebrates french curves

Yes, French women do get fat, and the curvier among them are tired of being dictated to about what they can wear, as they showed on a plus-size Parisian catwalk. From horizontal stripes to a bra playing peek-a-boo under a blazer, buxom models taking part in a show organised by Pulp Fashion Week on Friday put paid to the myth that the ideal, chic...