Cindy Crawford, who once ruled fashion pages, is appalled by the onslaught of ’skinny models’ that today’s women have to face. She has advised female consumers to stop buying magazines featuring stick thin models because she believes they have the "power" to change the body image stereotypes that are currently being sold out to them.
The 43-year-old former supermodel had recently confessed that she wouldn’t have made it big in the world of glamour these days because she had too "normal" a body to succeed in today’s size zero obsessed fashion industry.
Girls as Young as 5 In Serious Depression As Airbrushed Photos of Skinny Models Persist
A new study has found that girls as young as five are becoming depressed after viewing airbrushed photos of skinny models and pop stars.
A new study has found that girls as young as five are becoming depressed after viewing airbrushed photos of skinny models and pop stars.
"We as the consumers, we as the women, have the power. If you don’t like something, don’t buy it. Don’t buy the magazine if you don’t like what it says. If you don’t like the image a brand is putting out, don’t buy it," the Daily Express quoted Crawford, as saying.
She added: "What I really don’t agree with is people who complain about it but still support it. You’re giving your power away. If people don’t want skinny models, stop buying the magazine with the skinny model, and believe me those magazines will change fast. It’s business."
No Progress in France on 'skinny Model' Charter
Efforts to draw up a French fashion industry charter to keep ultra thin models off catwalks, magazines and advertising posters have made no progress since May, when France elected
Efforts to draw up a French fashion industry charter to keep ultra thin models off catwalks, magazines and advertising posters have made no progress since May, when France elected
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Is This Another 'No' To Non-Skinny London Models?
The debate about skinny models resurfaced at London Fashion Week on Monday, when a stylist was forced to deny she stormed out of a show because the designer was using larger-than-normal models.
The debate about skinny models resurfaced at London Fashion Week on Monday, when a stylist was forced to deny she stormed out of a show because the designer was using larger-than-normal models.
Controversy Over 'Size Zero' Models Move from Females to Males
Being super thin is a criteria necessary for female models, but now the trend has moved on to the males as well.
Being super thin is a criteria necessary for female models, but now the trend has moved on to the males as well.
