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Heads up all! From February 25 - March 3, 2007, it is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week sponsored by the National Eating Disorders Association. Here's a quick podcast on more information.
Play podcast: More on NEDAW (2 min.)
Another model died, Eliana Ramos from Uruguay. She is the younger sister of Luisel Ramos, a model also, who died 6 months earlier. Both sisters died of the same thing, a heart attack resulting from malnutrition.
Heather and I talk about Eliana's death, and elaborate more on the Council of Fashion Designers of America and their "health initiative" for models, which we both think needs beefing up to the levels that Spain and Italy have taken. Heather also shares more light on what a day in the life of a model is like when she and her other model friends try and eat pizza.
At one point, every woman has contemplated, "Would I get a boob job?" Now, the very idea may repulse you, but you would have had to think about it even for a moment in order to decide that it wasn't for you.
Some women can't wait to get the augmentation, and some of us are on the fence. One day it sounds like a good idea, and the next it sounds like an idea born in plastic body parts. Hear what Heather and I think about getting a boob job.
Heather and I will discuss, actually rant really, about the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) decision to not ban too skinny models, but instead to instill a set of recommendations for guidelines. They decided to not put a stake in the ground like the Italians. Yes, it is a step in the right direction, but the CFDA needs to do more than this. You can see the official CFDA Initiative list hosted at the Wall Street Journal.
One of the recommendations includes serving healthier food at the fashion shows for the models. We balk at this particular recommendation because the problem is that the models don't eat at all, so it doesn't matter if you put tofu or pizza in front of them, they aren't going to eat so they can stay a size 0-2. More to enjoy.
Play podcast: NY Fashion Council
