The British Fashion Council (BFC) has launched a 14-point action plan for safeguarding the welfare of models working in the United Kingdom that includes some of the suggestions made by the Model Health Inquiry in their high-profile report published in September.
Banning the use of models under the age of 16 at London Fashion Week, requiring health certificates from models appearing in catwalk shows, establishing a representative body for models and taking action against digital manipulation are some of the measures present in this document.
'The BFC is determined to take advantage of the 'window of opportunity' identified by the Inquiry, while sustaining and developing our vibrant industry to further stregthen London's position as the most creative and dynamic of the fashion capitals', is possible to be read in the action plan.
To read the full plan visit http://www.modelhealthinquiry.com/
Since spanish authorities forbade models with a Body Mass Index lower than 18 to appear in the catwalk shows of spanish fashion week two years ago and the death of some models from anorexia, measures like these suggested by BFC became more common and the discussion about the repercussions of the image of models excessively thin in teenagers and women in general hit the world of fashion as any issue related to fashion had done before.
Source: Vogue.co.uk
Banning the use of models under the age of 16 at London Fashion Week, requiring health certificates from models appearing in catwalk shows, establishing a representative body for models and taking action against digital manipulation are some of the measures present in this document.
'The BFC is determined to take advantage of the 'window of opportunity' identified by the Inquiry, while sustaining and developing our vibrant industry to further stregthen London's position as the most creative and dynamic of the fashion capitals', is possible to be read in the action plan.
To read the full plan visit http://www.modelhealthinquiry.com/
Since spanish authorities forbade models with a Body Mass Index lower than 18 to appear in the catwalk shows of spanish fashion week two years ago and the death of some models from anorexia, measures like these suggested by BFC became more common and the discussion about the repercussions of the image of models excessively thin in teenagers and women in general hit the world of fashion as any issue related to fashion had done before.
Source: Vogue.co.uk
Photo: Heatherette Catwalk Show Spring Summer 2008
Taken By Chad Schollmeyer
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