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Under-16 Models Banned from London Fashion Week
Society | September 14, 2007, Friday // 00:00
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Models aged under 16 will be banned from London Fashion Week after an industry report Friday which also said they should have to show a health certificate before being allowed on the catwalk.
But the Model Health Inquiry, set up by the British Fashion Council (BFC), stopped short of barring all models with a body mass index (BMI) below a certain level from the event, which starts Saturday.
It said that using BMI -- a ratio of weight to height -- was "not an accurate method of determining health" and could even encourage models to make themselves vomit to try and manipulate tests.
Its report comes amid a rumbling international debate about whether skinny or size-zero models should be kept off the catwalks because of fears that they could encourage eating disorders among fashion fans, particularly young girls.
Spain and Italy have already barred models with a BMI of less than 18 from their catwalks. A BMI of 18.5 is the World Health Organization's minimum healthy standard.
The report said that its earlier suggestion that under-16s be banned from London Fashion Week catwalks had "met with strong approval".
But the Model Health Inquiry, set up by the British Fashion Council (BFC), stopped short of barring all models with a body mass index (BMI) below a certain level from the event, which starts Saturday.
It said that using BMI -- a ratio of weight to height -- was "not an accurate method of determining health" and could even encourage models to make themselves vomit to try and manipulate tests.
Its report comes amid a rumbling international debate about whether skinny or size-zero models should be kept off the catwalks because of fears that they could encourage eating disorders among fashion fans, particularly young girls.
Spain and Italy have already barred models with a BMI of less than 18 from their catwalks. A BMI of 18.5 is the World Health Organization's minimum healthy standard.
The report said that its earlier suggestion that under-16s be banned from London Fashion Week catwalks had "met with strong approval".
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