Flimsy Excuses
No sweetie, you can’t. And yes, that is shit; especially when us ordinary folk will be quaffing bubbles en masse at London Fashion Week. Looks like the size zero brigade will be back on the catwalks in their bandy-legged glory. The empty talk of implementing a size zero ban during Fashion Week was just that. The suggestion by the industry commission that each model pay $500 for a health check was considered too expensive. True when you consider a model earns just that per runway show. However, if the will were there, surely a better way could be introduced. The Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Chambre Syndicale in Paris and Italy’s Camera Nazionale della Moda now all seem to be of the same naysaying disposition; advocating the provision of a ‘voluntary’ health policy instead. Pah! I’m not buying it. If you need me, you can find me in the kitchen sublimating my rage with a chocolate croissant.
Photo cred: Because I’m Addicted (courtesy of French Vogue)
Source: The Associated Press