May 8, 2012
Vogue is finally doing something about the prevalence of underage and underweight models in the fashion industry. Nineteen of the magazine’s worldwide publishers have joined together to make a pact to ban models who have eating disorders and any model who is under the age of 16 from appearing in the magazine. The new standard ...
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September 16, 2011
As fashion week is upon us, it is easy to revel in the beauty of the fabrics, shoes, and hair pieces. But with fashion week also comes the fun of watching the impossibly thin models strutting down the runway. It all seems so desirable when looking in from the outside. But as new reports reveal, ...
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