Skinny Models

In Defense Of The Skinny Girl

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 10.28.2009 | Style

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Mihal Freinquel

The skinny model is a walking, talking hanger for the clothing. The model allows the garment to speak for itself -- no distraction, no confusion, no nothing. Skinny is in and it ain't going anywhere.

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Robin Givhan: 'The Fatter The General Population, The Thinner The Idealized Woman'

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Style

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The fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman. And for all the public posturing and blogging, the only force that stopped people ...

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Emaciation Proclamation: Ralph Lauren Makes A Super-Skinny Statement On The Runway, Too (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 10.19.2009 | Style

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Ralph Lauren has been taking major heat for for the freakish Photoshopping of size 4 model Filippa Hamilton, and reportedly then firing her for being ...

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Germany: Brigitte Magazine Swaps Thin Models With "Protruding Bones" For Real Women

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

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BERLIN — Germany's most popular women's magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of "real women"...

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Skinny Model Passes Out At Poleci Fashion Show

Page Six | Posted 11.17.2009 | Style

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And at Jeffrey Chow's first collection for the Poleci presentation Saturday night, one girl actually passed out. ...

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Why Have We Stopped Raging Against the Sick, Sick Fashion Industry?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style

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Johann Hari

Women have replaced the prison of the kitchen with the prison of an unachievable body shape. The more powerful a woman is, the more likely she is to be bulimic.

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Alexandra Shulman, British Vogue Editor, Blasts Skinny Models In Leaked Letter

Times Online | Will Pavia | Posted 07.16.2009 | Style

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Alexandra Shulman, one of the most important figures in the multi-billion-pound fashion industry, has taken on all the largest fashion houses in a str...

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The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

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Ali A. Rizvi

Vegetables give you gas and require vitamin supplementation. Cannibalism is illegal. And I'm too self-conscious to take my jiggling torso to a public gym.

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The Death Of Size Zero?

Times Online | Kate Spicer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style

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It's a nice thought. The Times of London announced the end of super-skinny models. At last, slowly and from within, it seems fashion is falling back ...

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MTV's New Reality Show, Model Makers , Puts Lives in Danger!

Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living

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Darryl Roberts

While trying to cash in on America's impressionable youth, you are edging closer and closer to absolute moral and ethical bankruptcy.

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Remember When Kate Moss Was Skinny?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.19.2008 | Style

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Well she's not now. Don't get your Calvin Klein's in a bunch, it's not like anyone is calling K. Mo. fat. (Hmm... K.Mo. Yeah, okay, I can see why t...

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Madrid Fashion Week Bans Emaciated Models

The Earth Times | Posted 10.17.2008 | Style

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Spain's top fashion show Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week was opening for the 48th time on Monday, featuring full-bodied models for the third year running....

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Should Thin Be Illegal?

AP | DEVORAH LAUTER | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living

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PARIS — In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultra-thin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise an...

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Let's Bring Back...

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.05.2008 | Living

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Lesley M. M. Blume

It's been a while, but Let's Bring Back is back. The fourth of my LBB series, what follows is a celebration of rituals and objects from times past. ...

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The New Skinny Model: The Men

The New York Times | GUY TREBAY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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CREDIT Hedi Slimane or blame him. The type of men Mr. Slimane promoted when he first came aboard at Dior Homme some years back (he has since left) wer...

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