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Healthy model debate quote of the day
Written by Daniel P Dykes
Our hats off to A Socialite's Life for this quote which highlights the biggest issue with the current negative fixation on 'skinny' models'
"If the issue is health behind the ban, then shouldn't there be an equality? If you are going to ban the underweight then shouldn't there be an official ban for the overweight? Obesity is just as serious health threat as anorexia."
As we'll say time and time again, the big issue here are the me too's, the attention whores clambering for their 15 minutes by pointing the finger at a generalised group of skinny models.
This debate won't achieve anything until the focus shifts from the much maligned skinny models, and focuses on persuading designers to use healthy models. Note we say 'persuade', forcing designers by using a ban is ridiculous. A ban on something will only help it appear cooler to the people those behind the ban believe they're helping.
Written: 21st February 2007 at 14.01
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Written by Daniel P Dykes.
Traditionalist and futurist are two of the labels applied to Daniel, but he sees the two as being in perfect balance. With a keen eye on the future and his finger on the pulse he helps keep fashionisers everywhere ahead in the fashion stakes as Fashionising.com's lead fashion trend analyst. Believing that the late-2000s credit crisis will be ultimately good for fashion, Daniel sees a future for fashion where grounded in traditional values; where luxury fashion again comes to represent quality production as opposed to being solely label driven.
Currently based in Melbourne, Daniel is Fashionising.com's Editor in Chief and Chairman.