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There is a new band on fashion, and it's not eating. I'm talking about the new "skinny ban" that took place at Madrid's fashion week. Madrid's regional government imposed the rules on fashion week to protect the models as well as teenagers who may develop anorexia as they try to copy underweight catwalk stars. The mayor of Milan, Italy, Letizia Moratti, told an Italian newspaper she would seek a similar ban for her city's show unless it could find a solution to "sick" looking models. Meanwhile some other hot spot fashion locations are protesting in fear of the ban, saying that it is a bad idea and it that it could effect models and designers everywhere. Well isn’t that the idea? It's about time someone has payed attention to what message the media is sending young girls and women everywhere. For so long the public has looked at being rail thin as sexy and alluring, when it is actually very unhealthy and defying. Many women defy themselves everyday by making the simple decision of not eating. They lie to themselves by saying it will make them beautiful and popular when it is actually killing them. This sort of message can be damaging to young girls' self-image and to their health. It is an easy path to an eating disorder and once you go there, its not an easy road back. I commend the new ban on being too skinny, maybe this will help to start a new trend, or healthier trend b/c models really shouldn't look like scare crows and skeletons. Check out the pic, sexy huh? Ugghhh!
There is a new band on fashion, and it's not eating. I'm talking about the new "skinny ban" that took place at Madrid's fashion week. Madrid's regional government imposed the rules on fashion week to protect the models as well as teenagers who may develop anorexia as they try to copy underweight catwalk stars. The mayor of Milan, Italy, Letizia Moratti, told an Italian newspaper she would seek a similar ban for her city's show unless it could find a solution to "sick" looking models. Meanwhile some other hot spot fashion locations are protesting in fear of the ban, saying that it is a bad idea and it that it could effect models and designers everywhere. Well isn’t that the idea? It's about time someone has payed attention to what message the media is sending young girls and women everywhere. For so long the public has looked at being rail thin as sexy and alluring, when it is actually very unhealthy and defying. Many women defy themselves everyday by making the simple decision of not eating. They lie to themselves by saying it will make them beautiful and popular when it is actually killing them. This sort of message can be damaging to young girls' self-image and to their health. It is an easy path to an eating disorder and once you go there, its not an easy road back. I commend the new ban on being too skinny, maybe this will help to start a new trend, or healthier trend b/c models really shouldn't look like scare crows and skeletons. Check out the pic, sexy huh? Ugghhh!
2 comments:
i heard about that ban. hopefully, they'll do the same in other countries. thanks for your comment, btw! i hate those arnie/bush ads too. also, thanks for putting me on your blog roll! i returned the favor. ;)
Skin and bones, sexy? Not really. Who would want to take a weakened rail-thin model to bed if her skin bruises to the touch, her hair falls out, and she seems like she's going to snap? The people attracted to that probably are trying to make themselves feel strong and powerful by having that ghost hang off their arm. To try to be super thin like that is to attract those kinds of people who want to push you around. Strong, healthy, full women are far more appealing to normal, fair people.
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