Posts with tag eating disorders

Rachel Zoe - Oh, No!

Email thisPosted Dec 12th 2008 at 1:00PM by Annie Scott

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style, Celebrity Fashion Mistakes

It's no secret that we're big fans of style maven Rachel Zoe. You can read all about our affection in our reviews of her show, The Rachel Zoe Project. We're delighted that The Rachel Zoe Project has been picked up for another season, but we think she may have fired Taylor or Brad. And we're pretty sure it was whichever one was feeding her.

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Tags: brad, eating disorder, eating disorders, EatingDisorder, EatingDisorders, lindsay lohan, mischa barton, rachel zoe, rachel zoe project, RachelZoe, RachelZoeProject, skeletal, skinny, taylor, thin

Actresses and models use shocking tactic to stay thin

Email thisPosted Oct 18th 2008 at 1:09PM by Kyle Hepp

Filed under: Runway Trends

Nicole Richie used to send emails to people saying nobody over 100 pounds would be allowed into her parties -- and there would be scales at the door. Coco Rocha said that designers would tell her, "The look this year is anorexic. We don't want you to be anorexic, we just want you to look it." And just recently, sources reported that the CW network sent out a memo saying that the girls on the new 90210 need to stay under 110 pounds. So, the girls of Hollywood have had to come up with a new method to stay on top of this sick trend.

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Tags: anorexia, anorexic, celebrity, diet, e.d., eating disorders, expire-images2009-10-18, hollywood, iv drop, skinny, thin

Victoria's Secret model blasted for "back fat"

Email thisPosted Jun 27th 2008 at 12:31PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Runway Trends, Style in the News

This is a model from the Cia Maritima runway show at Sao Paulo Fashion Week. Next to this nearly anorexic figure, we suppose anyone would look fat.

Because while the fashion industry claims to have realized the error of its ways -- denouncing ultra-skinny models, and learning to love the "real women" of the world -- it turns out those revelations must have been a passing fancy. Karolina Kurkova, a Victoria's Secret model, appeared in the same show, and response has been scathing -- just because of a little cellulite.

Gallery: "Fat" Karolina Kurkova

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Tags: anorexia, brazil, eating disorders, EatingDisorders, fat, featured, image, karolina kurkova, KarolinaKurkova, media, models, supermodels, victorias secret, VictoriasSecret

Young Versace "battling anorexia"

Email thisPosted Mar 28th 2007 at 2:40PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

Amid growing concern over eating disorders within the fashion industry, it's now been revealed that Allegra Beck Versace, the 20-year-old daughter of Donatella Versace, is anorexic. The news was released in the hopes of clarifying some of the rumors circulating throughout the media -- including that she was under 24-hour supervision in a medical and psychiatric facility.

In fact, a spokesman says that Allegra is living at home in the United States, where she's currently a student.

Fortunately, according to her parents, "She is receiving the best medical care possible to help overcome this illness and is responding well."

While this news isn't surprising, some say neither is the fact that Allegra is anorexic in the first place. Growing up in the fashion industry -- in particular in the highly image-conscious Versace household -- did the fashion heiress ever stand a chance?

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Tags: allegra beck versace, AllegraBeckVersace, anorexia, eating disorders, EatingDisorders

Spain cracks down on anorexia

Email thisPosted Jan 24th 2007 at 10:18AM by Anne Metz

Filed under: Runway Trends, Events: On the Scene

Two weeks ago, the CFDA announced a new set of guidelines to discourage eating disorders in the fashion industry. Wimpy at best, grossly inadequate at worst, CFDA's regulations seemed to tread almost too lightly on the controversial relationship between fashion and public health.

Across the pond in Spain, the game plan for curbing the tide of eating disorders is much more aggressive. On Tuesday, the government, the textile industry and a group of prominent fashion designers released a comprehensive agreement to promote healthy bodies and body images. According to the new agreement, size 46 (U.S. equivalent size 14) clothes will no longer be considered plus-sized. Models in Spain will also be required to wear at least a size 36 (US size 4) in order to participate in runway shows.

The only thing that seems a little unclear about these regulations is how the rules will be practically enforced. Will there be officials from a governing body? Is it self-regulation?

Other than that, however, I think this is a step in the right direction. You'd be hard pressed to find a model on the runway that is any bigger than a size 34, so if the sample sizes grow to size 36, presumably the models will eventually follow suit. If the designers are on board with the agreement, I don't think there is any reason to suspect that this won't be a successful measure.

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Tags: anorexia, eating disorders, EatingDisorders, fashion week, FashionWeek, runway, spain

Rules of the road: New York Fashion Week

Email thisPosted Jan 12th 2007 at 3:13PM by Anne Metz

Filed under: Runway Trends, Style in the News

On the Today Show this morning, representatives from the CFDA announced new industry-wide guidelines for models. The decision to make these regulations was spurred by last season's controversial crackdown on underweight, unhealthy cat walkers in Europe. While the American guidelines are not technically rules, the CFDA says they are the first attempt towards responsible self-regulation in the fashion industry. The CFDA says that it can't fully assume the responsibility for something as complex as eating disorders, but they do hope to begin campaign of awareness with these new standards.

The new guidelines include:

educate models, parents, designers and agencies on the early warning signs of eating disorders
models must seek help if they have an eating disorder
those with eating disorders cannot model without a doctor's approval
supplying healthy meals, nutrition and fitness education backstage and on shoots

Well, there you have it. The fashion industry decides they need to take action and what do they do? They come up with the flimsiest set of regulations imaginable, all of which are voluntary and none of which have any enforceability.

I mean come on -- fitness and nutrition education? I'm so sure that a bunch of underage girls who barely understand English are going to pay attention to some nutritionist when they have the option of doing a line of blow in the bathroom or popping a handful of amphetamines with their diet coke.

Way to bunt it, CFDA!

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Tags: anorexia, BMI, CFDA, eating disorders, EatingDisorders, models, regulations

Manorexia is on the rise

Email thisPosted Oct 15th 2006 at 7:05PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Men

With all the semi-recent news about models being banned from fashion shows across Europe for being underweight and potentially affecting young girls' images of themselves, it's natural to assume that the obsession with being thin is a female-only problem. However, medical researchers are discovering that the idea of starving oneself in order to achieve the perfect "thin" body has spread to the male population.

According to a feature story by ABC News, the American Journal of Psychiatry reports that "the ratio of males suffering from eating disorders may be increasing...experts estimate that 1 million American men suffer from anorexia." It's certainly understandable that young girls were being bombarded by rail-thin models in fashion magazines and celebrities, but apparently the same sort of things applies to boys and men who are becoming increasingly aware of physique because of sports, the rising number of men's fashion magazines, and super-thin male celebrities like Billy Bob Thornton.

Hey, men, I don't think I'm alone in thinking that I like men to look like big, strong men, not skeletons. Eat healthy, okay?

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Tags: anorexia, bulimia, bulimorexia, eating disorders, manorexia

British film documents extreme dieting

Email thisPosted Sep 29th 2006 at 7:11PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Style in the News

In the wake of BMI-based bans on dangerously thin models first in Spain, then in Milan, a British television station has plans to show Super-Skinny Me: The Race to Size Zero, a documentary that will follow the efforts of a group of female journalists to drop down to a British size 2 (US size 00). The documentary will be aired some time early next year.

Recent studies in the UK have found that the average dress size of a woman is 14, equivalent to a US size 10. However, according to a spokesperson for the television station, "the super-skinny American fad is spreading to the U.K. and question whether it is spawning an extreme, collective eating disorder." The goal of the documentary is to "highlight the dangers of aiming for a super-skinny look, and expose the serious health risks of extreme weight-loss methods."

Though there are plans to have medical support and expert guidance through every stage of filming the documentary, Britain's Eating Disorder Association is worried about the potential health effects on the journalists who will be participating.

Yep, I am pretty certain that there will be negative effects on the women who drop to a size 00.

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Tags: BMI, dieting, documentaries, eating disorders, fad diets, milan, spain, television, tv, weight loss, weight management

Models turned away from catwalks as too skinny

Email thisPosted Sep 14th 2006 at 3:17PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Runway Trends, Events: On the Scene

In a move that could have models making midnight runs for chili cheese fries, Madrid's fashion week has caused an uproar in the fashion industry by banning underweight models from the runways. The city's government and event organizers say that the restriction is an effort to to project an image of beauty and health rather than flaunting rail-thin, waif-like heroin-chic as desirable for girls and young women. The event has hired medics to measure models and calculate BMI. So far, 30% of the models have been turned away.

The fashion industry, however, is not supportive of the move, especially since Letizia Moratti, the mayor of Milan, is also seeking a similar ban.

Gee, would it kill those 30% to just, oh, I don't know, put some dressing on their lettuce?!?!

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Tags: anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, fashion industry, madrid, model, models, runway models

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