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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The Italian government and fashion industry joined forces Saturday in a campaign against anorexic models, which includes attention to the "full-bodied" and a commitment to add larger sizes to collections.
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Models at this year's Madrid fashion week will have to pass a minimum weight test amid health concerns.
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Alessandra Facchinetti has been appointed to design all the women&#39;s wear lines for Valentino after the Italian couturier who founded the label announced his retirement, the fashion house said Wednesday.
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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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Grigio e nero, linee asimmetriche e cardigan oversize per un look classico senza noia. Velvet svela i dettagli della tendenza
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Italy's advertising watchdog has decided to ban a photograph of a naked anorexic woman used to highlight the illness while promoting a fashion brand.
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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 famished body is banned for Fashion Week in Madrid.
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ROMA - Cresce l&#39;obesita&#39; tra gli italiani e la Cassazione prende atto che il fenomeno del sovrappeso sta un po&#39; stretto nei limiti previsti dal Ministero delle Finanze per concedere l&#39;assegno di invalidita&#39; a chi ha molti chili di troppo.
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MILAN, Italy  - For years, Roberto Cavalli has led  the trend for skin-tight jeans and skimpy animal print dresses  but next summer his glitterati followers will have to loosen up  and slip into something a little more comfortable.
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Italy wants the rest of the Continent to stiffen border patrols and asylum guidelines.
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A report by the British Fashion Council, organizers of London Fashion Week, has stopped short of recommending a ban on ultra-thin models.
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The fact that Italy does not much care for rules is part of the countryâs charm, and part of its malaise.
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Designer Giorgio Armani has blamed   stylists and the media for the fashion industry's obsession   with ultra-thin women.
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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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An article last Sunday about the fashion industryâs reticence to use black models referred incorrectly to a black woman in a maidâs outfit pictured in the September issue of Italian Vogue. She was, in fact, a maid at the hotel where the pictures were taken, and was included, the Vogue photographer said, because of her attractiveness and her ability to underscore the picturesâ theme of a stereotypical rich white woman who hires ethnic servants; the black woman was not a model dressed as a maid.