Israel declares that models need more junk in the trunk

[Burgold]

What's wrong with wanting their models in the "healthy" range?

[Corcaigh]

What's wrong with wanting their models in the "healthy" range?

Nothing at all. But their deliberate decision not to pick "healthy" shows something else at play.

[China]

One problem I can foresee is photoshop. You can have the models be not so bony, which is fine for in-person events like fashion shows, but magazines/photographers can manipulate the images of the women to still make them appear scrawny. Then the images of skinny women as ideal can still be put out there. I'm not sure how you get around that.

[Guild]

Surely this will unite both Jew and Arab in the Middle East. Everyone loves dat ass.

[Burgold]

One problem I can foresee is photoshop. You can have the models be not so bony, which is fine for in-person events like fashion shows, but magazines/photographers can manipulate the images of the women to still make them appear scrawny. Then the images of skinny women as ideal can still be put out there. I'm not sure how you get around that.

In terms of young girls, yes... but cleaning up the industry itself is probably not a bad thing. As said above, it's a culture where eating disorders, drug abuse, and other is quite common. More interestingly, at least according to the woman I interviewed, it's about the designers. Maybe if their frocks are seen as beautiful on these more shapely women, they'll start putting out runway outfits where the women aren't expected to be mere "hangers" as she expressed it.

[Redskins Diehard]

Good idea. Bad tool. Good tool when it was invented in 1850 but there are more accurate predictors of "healthy" out there now. If we are limited to measuring 2 things to predict health height and waist, or waist and hips.