Should Very Thin Models Be Banned From The Catwalk?

[sp1814]

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/8151706

France has implemented a rule that models should have a BMI of at least 18 (which is bloody skinny to be honest).

When you see these ultra-skinny models, do you wince?

Do you get angry that young women are having this presented as a physical ideal?

Or, like me - do you think "This is no different from what Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton looked like in the 60s"?

[Retrochic]

yes we were just watching this in the TV -ultra thin models are neither attractive,healthy nor represent the 'normal' variants in womens sizes. France is taking a stand and that can only be a good thing. Ultra fat models are just as bad -why can't models be a size 12 -14 which I would think represents more women than a size zero

[campbellking]

I wince more at the blooming ridiculous clothes they have to wear.
Don't know how you can judge whether people are naturally thin or not. I work with people of a wide variety of sizes, including 3 very skinny people who eat no end of 'rubbish' food, and do no exercise (2 of them have also had children and were back to being exceedingly skinny within a matter of weeks after giving birth ).

[Mosaic]

Frightening, but Twiggy would be too chubby for many contemporary fashion houses.
It's a sad and sordid business but the profits must be good enough or it wouldn't happen.
Young people now receive terrible information about what's 'normal' and 'desirable'.

[Pete65]

And each and every one looks sullen and miserable.
Never a smile.
Depressing to see.

[pastafreak]

They aren't meant to smile. They are simply a vehicle for displaying clothes.

[mikey4444]

SP...I can't hope to speak for most men in Britain, but I would to suggest that girls like these might be popular on the catwalk !

http://www.jaynemansfield.com/
http://marilynmonroe.com/

[Retrochic]

but these clothes are never ever going to look the same on 'normal' women are they?

[Mosaic]

Look beyond the expressions - many 'happy, healthy' messages are conveyed by ultra-thin people, female and male.

[mikey4444]

By the way, I see The Shrimp several times a year, as she now lives in Penzance, and although she is no longer in the first flush of youth, she is, unfortunately, still painfully thin.

Attractive, but thin.

Men like curves !

[Old_Geezer]

Are they being presented as the physical ideal ? Not sure that would be my interpretation.

[Mosaic]

Ouchiee, Mikey -- the debate shouldn't be about what men like --- as the problem is created by acclimatising young people to comply with 'what someone likes'.

[mikey4444]

Its seems that women wear clothes, not to attract men but to make other women jealous ! I might have that wrong of course, but perhaps women need to stop and think that curves are rather nice but bony, skeleton figures aren't.

Everytime I see people like Posh Spice on the telly, I just thinks they look as if they could do with a good feed !

[murraymints]

Mikey.. I agree..feel like tossing some a doughnut or two !

[Mosaic]

I agree, sadly. Women are the worst oppressors of women.

[pastafreak]

I think all women should be whatever makes them comfortable. NOT because men like curves,or they think they need to impress other women. Each of those reasons is as bad as the other.

[Old_Geezer]

NO !!!!!
If it slips over their shoulders they may NEVER get out !

[Cloverjo]

Most catwalk models are not attractive, and not just because they are very skinny. They are merely clothes hangers and I don't believe most girls look at them and decide they want to look like that. There are many reasons for eating disorders to develop. Having said that, it can only be good for health of the models if there is a ban on very skinny ones.

[jno]

Twiggy was very much exceptional in her day; it's become more the norm now. I don't think Shrimpton was particularly skinny. (Slim, yes.)

[Retrochic]

gosh just look what wor cheryl has done to herself -she is like a string of gristle . Bring back 1950's size models! curvy (not fat) is good!