|
英国：“模特健康指南”将出台 British fashion industry probes health issues for models [ 2007-05-24 08:51 ] Britain's fashion industry launched aninquiry Monday aimed at establishing health guidelines for supermodelsin the wake of an international controversy over super-skinny"size-zero" models. Guidelines for British employers of catwalk models will be drawn up intime for London Fashion Week (LFW) in September to help them tackle "anymaterial size-related health concerns," an inquiry spokesman said. In examining steps to ensure the good health of LFW models and how toimplement, enforce and assess the measures, panelists will study theapproaches of other fashion capitals like New York, Paris, Milan andMadrid, he said.The independent Model Health Inquiry -- composedof model managers, designers and supermodels -- will make recommendationsthat will not be binding but are likely to prove influential."I will certainly be surprised if having asked us to do this they (thefashion industry) do not seek to implement our proposals," said BaronessDenise Kingsmill, who is chairing the probe."It is time, in a way, for the fashion industry to grow up," she said."It is a real and a very important industry and the people workingwithin it have to be taken seriously and have to be treated well."It is a very important part of the global economy," she said. "It isan important chunk of our leisure, retail and tourism industries."The British Fashion Council, an industry body which organises LondonFashion Week, had written to designers before a week of shows in February,asking them to use only healthy-looking models over 16 years old.However, it has stopped short of following the lead of authorities inItaly and Spain by imposing a ban on the skinniest models.(AFP) | 
