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Apr

Let’s Get Real

3rd April 2013SempleFashion

For too long now they have been lurking in the fashion shadows. We all knew they were there but we never really acknowledged their presence. It was easier to pretend they didn’t exist. Well not any more, step forward real sized women because it is your turn in the fashion spotlight. Fashion is a strange...

Jan

Bones are banned

14th January 2013SempleFashion

As Israel bans underweight models, is the fashion industry ready to turn over a new leaf? Whilst Israel’s new law ironically comes into effect in January, a month which has long been associated with post-Christmas dieting and an abundance of exercise, their new law which makes it illegal for models to have a BMI of...

May

Ban the skin and bones

23rd May 2012SempleFashion

The fashion industry is an aspirational glamorous business, but the skinny models that strut the runways and grace the pages of our magazines are far from glam; they are emaciated and ill. The debate about skinniness in the fashion industry is nothing new. For years camps have been at war as to whether or...

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Let’s Get Real

Bones are banned

Ban the skin and bones