Italian fashion designers have become the first in the world to ban size zero models from the catwalks.
Stylists have signed a joint declaration with the Italian government that in future shows all models will have a body mass index of 18.
It comes a month after the death of a Brazilian model and after this season's shows were thrown in the spotlight by wafer thin anorexic models.
In September Madrid's annual show banned models with a body mass index of less than 18 and there were calls for similar restrictions at the London Fashion Show, but they went unheeded.
Under the new self regulation code drawn up in Italy by the government and designers all models in future shows will be "full bodied, healthy and radiant Mediterranean types." ... Source: Daily Mail
Stylists have signed a joint declaration with the Italian government that in future shows all models will have a body mass index of 18.
It comes a month after the death of a Brazilian model and after this season's shows were thrown in the spotlight by wafer thin anorexic models.
In September Madrid's annual show banned models with a body mass index of less than 18 and there were calls for similar restrictions at the London Fashion Show, but they went unheeded.
Under the new self regulation code drawn up in Italy by the government and designers all models in future shows will be "full bodied, healthy and radiant Mediterranean types." ... Source: Daily Mail
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