Elle UK Editor-in-Chief Talks Size Zero Model Issue
Elle UK Editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy talked about the size zero issue with ITN News. When asked if the fashion industry has a dangerous influence on young girls, Lorraine Candy said no. She said, "I don't think so at all. I think you've got to be really careful about anorexia and the size zero debate. Anorexia is a mental illness. It's not something that's provoked by fashion magazines. It's something that's very personal and individual to the person. I think that it's difficult to blur that line between saying all skinny models are going to make these women anorexic. That's wrong and that's not factually correct."
Lorraine Candy also said there have always been curvy models on the runway. She gave Cindy Crawford as an example of a curvy model. She also said, "There's always been curvy models on the catwalk. There's always been girls from Cindy Crawford onwards who've been curvy and busty. But the focus has always been on the one or two who are naturally very thin."
Lorraine Candy is being quite disingenuous here. She knows full well how fashion models stay thin. Now that many models are coming forward to tell stories of how they were told to starve themselves if they wanted to work, it's a ludicrous point of view. As for the idea that emaciated models and unreasonable depictions of women in media don't help contribute to anorexia, we suggest she talk to any psychologist who treats eating disorders. Take a look:
