Ban Thin models

[goodtime]

Kudos to Madrid for banning super-thin models from catwalk
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/13/spain.models/index.html

For years, Fashion designer claim the 'slim' models better show off their clothes. Finally people are begining to speak up against the health danger & bad role models for kids.

London fashion week set to open tomorrow refuse to follow Madrid's lead
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060916/en_nm/leisure_britain_fashion_dc
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,,1873930,00.html

Whether other fashion capitals such as New York, Milan, Paris will follow.
http://www.fashion-411.com/Fashion_Week.htm

 

[hunter001]

It might be more helpful for a "wellness" program where they check for drugs and general health issues.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

True. This will only exclude thin models. Sometimes a model can be healthy and thin. Discrimination is not the answer.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

bang models?

just the thin ones

 

[gabeti]

Ban the skeleton-types only.

 

[Don]

I like thin models and I hate people saying that they are sickly and gross.

Anyway I find it ironic that there is so much hoopla over thin girls when the big problem, especially in North America, is obesity and not anexoria. The issue is not that too many people are getting too thin - problem is that they are getting too fat.

 

[bestillmehard]

LOL...yes Don...thats seems to be an issue. There are many thin women who are healthy...and heathy is sexy

 

[LancsLad]

Ban the skeleton-types only.

I say we bone the skeleton types.

 

[goodtime]

If you follow my MP post, you'll know I love petite. ie: Slim women. But I'm not into bones. I know some may have that fetish, but certainly not mine.

By thin, I was being polite. Those women are BONE-THIN with Body mass index below 18.5 Well below World Health Org def'n of under-nourish.

Avg runway model: 5'9" weigh < 110 lbs.
Many flat-chested with boylike skelton bodies.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3802555a11215,00.html

In terms of eating disorder & obsession to be thin
http://talentdevelop.com/eating.html
http://www.parentingbookmark.com/pages/JB02.htm

Obesity is a hugh problem in U.S. but anexoria is a silence killer lurking...

 

[Don]

BMI is kinda skewed anyway. Studies are showing variance in safe BMI levels between different ethnic groups:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/229228/1/.html

 

[goodtime]

You may want to look again. We're not talking about ethnic girls. White, anglosaxon girls & few black models with mal-nourish look.

Take a look at the CNN close-ups pics, they're known as size 0 models for a reason.

 

[Don]

people started to bring up BMI and I gave a comment on BMI.

 

[longshanks]

These are the physical aspects of eating disorders, but how do we stop it, when it hits closer to home, I would like to figure that out, its easy to stand back and say "she's got an eating disorder" and continue on, but how do we stop it. Thats the big question.

 

[goodtime]

but how do we stop it. Thats the big question.

Not promote it would be a start.

The more those ultra-thin models with the "12 yr old boys" look walk the runway, it encourage girls to follow suit.

Too bad NY fashion week Promoters chose to side-step the issue.

 

[goodtime]

She will have no energy and will barely be able to move around in bed.

Forget CG or doggy, as she won't have any hips to cushion the bone-to-bone impact.

Forget sexy appeal, unless you're into skeleton.

 

[Hard Idle]

I think you have to be very careful about the impact of criminalizing certain body types. You don't want to manage one body-image problem by worsening another.

An ultra slim body type is normal and natural in many people and very common in some ethnicities.

I've known quite a few 100 lb women who are very healthy and energetic, eat as much as they want - in fact some probably consume twice as much sugar & carbs than me and my 268lbs.

Of course I understand that most of the ultra-thin fashion models are not girls who have gotten to that size in a natural or healthy way. Many are clearly gangly, big boned types who have wasted down a few sizes.

But I think there is too big a risk of collateral damage in promoting the idea that anyone thin enough to pass through a good size lampshade is automatically anorexic, unhealthy or unfeminine.

 

[Hard Idle]

Wasting is just one of the rotten aspects of the ugly business of modelling. I would be equally concerned about the bullying, financial exploitation by agencies, and the practice of sending young models around the world to "pay their dues" servicing rotten industry executives and career-makers at private functions in search of their big break.

With respect to wasting, perhaps the first step of crisis management would be to require state or national licensing for models, where they would have to pass physicals and evaluations in an effort to verify that they are actually able to function normally at their working weight.

They could also require weigh-ins and physicals for models at the time of recruitment for the purpose of tracking their weight and suspending those found to be dumping weight.

The long term goal is to somehow free people from their worship of the highly kitschy, artificial and over-produced beauty model which is presented in the fashion industry. No idea where to start with that one though...

 

[goodtime]

An ultra slim body type is normal and natural in many people and very common in some ethnicities.

I've known quite a few 100 lb women who are very healthy and energetic, eat as much as they want - in fact some probably consume twice as much sugar & carbs than me and my 268lbs.
...
But I think there is too big a risk of collateral damage in promoting the idea that anyone thin enough to pass through a good size lampshade is automatically anorexic, unhealthy or unfeminine.

I'm into slim petite girls. Surrounded by Asian girls. Many are between 90 to 110 lbs. Given their height, they're not dangerously unhealthy.

But when you're 5'9" or taller with the same weight as girls that are 6" to 9" shorter, something is not right.
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm

 

[Sexy Violet]

I have to agree with banning 'unhealthy' models, not thin ones. BMI isn't always a good tool to decide malnourishment, as I have a BMI at probably 15 or 16, and I still have enough curves to keep my bones from sticking out On the other hand I do agree that there is a lot of pressure on girls to look like the models they see on the runways, or in magazines, or in the movies... I think the key is education. Girls with knowledge wont strive to be something out of a magazine, for example, because they know that those are all touched up in post and no one really looks like that. Come to think of it, a lot of the worlds problems could be aleviated with better education. But then again, I have been known to be a little too idealistic

 

[MissCroft]

I think you have to be very careful about the impact of criminalizing certain body types. You don`t want to manage one body-image problem by worsening another.

An ultra slim body type is normal and natural in many people and very common in some ethnicities.

I`ve known quite a few 100 lb women who are very healthy and energetic, eat as much as they want - in fact some probably consume twice as much sugar & carbs than me and my 268lbs.

Of course I understand that most of the ultra-thin fashion models are not girls who have gotten to that size in a natural or healthy way. Many are clearly gangly, big boned types who have wasted down a few sizes.

But I think there is too big a risk of collateral damage in promoting the idea that anyone thin enough to pass through a good size lampshade is automatically anorexic, unhealthy or unfeminine.

My thoughts exactly...when I used to be really skinny (when I was a bit younger, lol) I hated people implying that there was something `wrong` with me or accusing me of being anorexic. Some women (especially when they`re still very young) are just naturally very thin. It`s funny how most people would never go up to a heavy person and tell them they`re fat and ask them how much they weigh, but they have no problem doing this to skinny people.

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