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Anorexia fashion and what unites them?
No more princesses porcelain on the catwalk.


Fashion is the imposing new standards of beauty. That no doubt. From the supermodels of the nineties, in which curves were vital to the appearance of Kate Moss, in the same decade, the trend began to turn messy so androgynous. But in most cases within the parameters of the thin beauty queen as the main characteristic of belonging. It wants to blame the models, when in fact it is industry that require such measurements, impossible for the vast majority of society. Although there are free, the designers may have much of the blame, by requiring ultra thin girls to fit in narrow parts or to look better in photo campaigns, etc. It is true that the girls who work in this universe must meet certain aesthetic paradigms (always from a healthy, but who controls it?), But not those that do not belong to this world. Is that fashion reflects a world where glamor and success seem to be paired with the exquisite beauty of an ultra thin. But looks like Kate Moss have put on top of a model (knowing who suffer from eating disorders) or his "heir? Agyness Dyen, a British-haired shortie and very, very thin.

But since the anorexia and bulimia came into vogue (unfortunately), the fashion industry wanted to get rid of the heavy weight of resulting in death or eternal hell for thousands of girls, and therefore decided that only the most important fashion showsThese are those girls who have a normal body mass index (a method for classifying the nutritional status), and according to the World Health Organization in adults a healthy BMI is in the range of 18.5 to 25. Who started all this was Spain, where Pasarela Cibeles, which meant the exclusion of this gateway to excessively thin models. It was followed by London, Milan, and most recently Paris, where representatives from the world of fashion, advertising and communication (federations of fashion pret-à-porter and haute couture, modeling agencies, unions, the Union of garment industry or the Bureau of Advertising Verification-BVP-), have signed, along with the French Health Ministry, a code of conduct to combat anorexia.This agreement, called "Letter of voluntary commitment on body image and anti-anorexia"-the result of an initiative launched by the French Government over a year, aims to commit to not broadcast images of people, especially young people, who can help promote a model of extreme thinness. On the other hand, for the field of fashion and creation, will be implemented an information campaign on the risks caused by the extreme thinness. In this country is that this disease affects approximately 30,000 to 40,000 people. A lot right?

One of the issues that sparked the controversy was the death from this disease in two Latin American models (a Brazilian and Uruguayan)-plus thousands of cases that appear every day in the balloon, and since then the ghost of anorexia associated with the fashion set in this universe. Although only blame fashion is very easy, there are other factors that help a lot. Advertising, media, the opinion of others (from friends, family to society), that although many who are horrified with anorexia, on the other hand make fun of fat people or even just plump , who discriminate tedious comments.