
Israel’s New Year’s Resolution: No More Overly Thin Models
by The CoF
By RAY A. SMITH and CHRISTINA BINKLEY Reuters A model at Milan Fashion Week, which also bans BMIs below 18.5. Israel’s new law banning skinny models has again brought up an uncomfortable topic to the table for the fashion industry, which has long been criticized for seeming to promote unnatural thinness as beauty standard. And once again, countries are divided as to how to deal with the issue of too-skinny models, by law or with other means. Israel’s law, which went into effect […]
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