France now requires fashion models to have medical certificates in order to work

Fashion models in France will need to provide medical certificates proving they are healthy in order to work, after a new law was introduced banning those considered to be excessively thin. Fashion industry told to end its quest for ‘unattainable thinness’ Read more A further measure, to come into force on 1 October, will require magazines, adverts and websites to …

Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have #FashionLaw

You can tell a lot about an era by its fashion models. In the 60s, the spirit of the youthquake was personified by the wide-eyed, Bambi-limbed Twiggy. In the early 90s, nothing said “sod the recession” like a glamazon who wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000. In the ensuing two decades, Kate Moss represented not just a …