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Naomi takes it off for the cover of i-D

Email thisPosted Jul 8th 2008 at 6:35PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style

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This is a big summer for Naomi Campbell. The supermodel is featured on the cover of Vogue's much-hyped all-black edition, and she's also appearing sans clothing on the cover of International Design.

The August issue also features Stefano Pilati of Yves St Laurent, who is using Naomi as the star of his fall ad campaigns. Presumably in the campaign Naomi will be wearing some of Stefano's designs -- and not just her birthday suit.

That said, a naked, winking Naomi Campbell can sell just about anything -- which, come to think of it, is probably exactly what i-D magazine was thinking.

Gallery: Celebs who bare all for magazines

[via The Cut]

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BMI: the good, the bad and the ugly

Email thisPosted Sep 19th 2006 at 6:16PM by Anne Metz

Filed under: Runway Trends, Style in the News

When I read Sarah's account of Madrid's ban on models with a BMI of less than 18, I started wondering what that number actually meant in comparison to some of the world's top models. (BMI is Body Mass Index, a measure of weight proportionate to height.) Of course, any person's BMI is a moving target, so all reports of celebrity BMI should be taken as speculative unless made by the celebrity herself while in a startlingly confessional mood. Likewise, the standard healthy-BMI level is a matter of opinion, with some authorities asserting a low ideal of 18-24, and others offering a more relaxed range of 22-26.

No matter the exact range, the reported BMIs of several style icons fall at or below reasonable standards of health, and there is question that 30 percent of the models in the Madrid show flunked their BMI tests -- too skinny. Here are five other reported BMIs:

Twiggy: 14.7
Kate Moss: 16.8 (or 15.7)
Nicole Richie: 17
Paris Hilton: 16
Elle MacPherson: 17.3
Heidi Klum: 18

Part of me wants to commend Madrid for taking a hard stand against this extremely unhealthy standard of beauty. And yet part of me shrugs my shoulders and says, "So what?" After all, for any real change to occur in the fashion industry, designers, stylists, and magazines are going to have to be on board. And that's going to take a lot more than one show's BMI enforcement.

What do you think? Will the fashion industry ever come around?

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Tags: BMI, esther canades, EstherCanades, kate moss, KateMoss, madrid, models, naomi cambell, NaomiCambell, twiggy

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