Italy moves to stop ultra-skinny models
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Italy's government and its fashion chiefs are working on a manifesto to crack down on the use of ultra-thin teenagers on the catwalk, as pressure grows on the fashion world to promote healthier looks.
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Giorgio Armani, the world's most famous   designer, on Thursday blamed stylists and the media for the   fashion industry's obsession with ultra-thin women.
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The world's first ban on overly thin  models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage  among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions  at other venues.
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Britain's Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell   urged organizers of London's Fashion Week on Saturday to ban   "stick-thin" models from its catwalks.
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Two British actresses have weighed into the debate over ultra-thin models and celebrities, criticizing what they say is a trend that could have a damaging impact on young girls.
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Petra Nemcova knows what it's like to struggle to stay thin and continue modeling. "I'm naturally more curvy, so I always had to lose weight," the 27-year-old Czech supermodel says in People magazine's Oct. 2 issue, on newsstands Friday. "I took laxatives. I went through all of it just to be able to model."
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Alla National Portrait Gallery di Londra, fino a maggio, l'esposizione Face of Fashion. Cinque grandi firme della fotografia si confrontano e s'interrogano sul mistero del fascino
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Spain's top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny &#151; an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.
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Italy's fashion capital is in a tizzy   over a ban on overly thin models at Madrid's fashion week,   fearing it could be next with its own catwalk extravaganza less   than two weeks away.
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Spanish fashion stores are bringing in bigger mannequins and changing their clothes sizes to reduce body image worries. Send us your views.
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MILAN (Various sources) - Italy's advertising watchdog has banned an image by controversial photographer Oliviero Toscani for a clothing company which showed a naked anorexic woman. "The photo is shocking for everyone, particularly those who are sick and has been set up for commercial ends," Publicity Control Institute (IAP) president Giorgio Floridia told the press. The image, bearing the words "No Anorexia", was first displayed during Milan Fashion Week in September.
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We know that the trend toward super-thin models is pushing some of them to go on potentially deadly diets. Whatâs it doing to the rest of us?
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Italy's reputation for religious tolerance was in the balance last week after a ban on women wearing burqas instigated in a tiny Alpine village began spreading across the country.
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It might be fine for Christina Aguilera or plumbers, but not for school children -- jeans that reveal the buttocks have been banned by an Italian headmaster.
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MADRID.  - The world's first ban on overly thin   models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage   among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions   at other catwalk pageants.
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A senior Spanish government official has asked organisers of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament to stop using models as ball-girls.