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'Size Nazi' Designers Lash Back at Vogue

It's not all our fault, they say

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 14, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – Designers have lashed back at a Vogue editor who accuses them of forcing ultra-thin models on magazine covers by sending "minuscule" photo-shoot clothes no normal woman can wear. British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman complained in a letter to top designers that the clothing is so tiny magazines are forced to use excessively skinny models with "jutting bones" and "no breasts or hips." Designers argue it's not entirely their fault, reports the Guardian.

Yes, clothes are continuing to shrink, and models have died because of anorexia. But the entire industry has a responsibility to change, they argue. "If tomorrow all magazines, model agencies, and stylists used bigger girls, then the designers would, too," explained designer Kinder Aggugin, who has worked at Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, and Calvin Klein. The Vogue complaint is considered an industry breakthrough in the controversial issue of "size 0" models.

Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died of complications from anorexia at the age of 21.
Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died of complications from anorexia at the age of 21.   (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio)
An ultra-thin model displays a design by Andres Sarda in Madrid last year. A Vogue editor has complained miniscule clothes sent by designers for photo shoots ensure emaciated models in magazines.
An ultra-thin model displays a design by Andres Sarda in Madrid last year. A Vogue editor has complained "miniscule" clothes sent by designers for photo shoots ensure emaciated models in magazines.   (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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