Under 16s banned from London Fashion Week
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Models aged under 16 will be banned from London Fashion Week after a report issued on Friday called for them to show a health certificate before being allowed on the catwalk.
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A ban on a teenage girl wearing a 'purity ring' was attacked at the high court as an 'unlawful interference' with her right to express her Christian faith.
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A panel set up by the British Fashion Council to investigate health problems among models today ruled out mandatory weight checks but said girls under 16 should not be on the catwalk.
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ROME, Dec 16 (Reuters Life!) - Italy's government and its fashion chiefs issued a manifesto on Saturday to crack down on the use of ultra-thin teenagers on the catwalk, requiring models to show proof of their good health or be barred from fashion shows.
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London's High Court on Wednesday refused permission for the father of a 12-year-old Muslim girl to challenge a school's ban on her wearing the full-face veil, or niqab, during lessons.
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Spain's top fashion show kicked off on   Monday after causing a storm with its ban on skinny models and   one well-known designer said he had to replace all the girls in   his catwalk line-up.
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Fashion has become a more democratic industry, trying to offer something for everyone. The spring styles previewed so far at New York Fashion Week have targeted pretty young things, working girls, dancing divas and, occasionally, regular women.
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Models at London Fashion week must prove they are in good health before they can be signed to an agency, a report says.
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With hundreds of twiggy models  strutting the catwalks at New York&#39;s Fashion Week that ended on  Wednesday, EvansLondon hopes to clothe the women fashion tends  to overlook -- those who wear larger sizes.
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Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell calls for underweight models to be banned from catwalks at London fashion week.
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An exhibition about sex and art at the Barbican in London will only admit over-18s.
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Models strutting catwalks at London Fashion Week should provide a certificate attesting their good health, but there should be no outright ban on wafer-thin women, the British Fashion Council said on Friday.
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The debate about size zero models hangs over London Fashion Week as the winter shows got under way with a German-themed catwalk parade by Danish designer Noir.
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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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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens.
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Milan fashion week is resisting calls for  a ban on underweight models amid a debate on super-thin girls  and eating disorders that has gripped the public but elicits  bored yawns from designers.
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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 catwalk pageants.