MODELS' SKINNINESS CAN'T BE REGULATED: FRANCE

PARIS September 15, 2006 (AFP) - The shape and size of fashion models cannot be regulated, the head of the French couture federation [Fédération Francaise De La Couture Du Pret-A-Porter Des Couturiers Et Des Createurs De Mode] has said, after models deemed too skinny were reportedly banned from the catwalk in Spain.

Didier Grumbach, president of the couture federation and chamber of haute couture, told AFP late Thursday that "everyone would laugh" if France attempted to follow suit.

... "It's for the designer to decide what type of model he needs... that cannot be regulated," Grumbach added.

It is never a good idea to pronounce on what the government can and cannot regulate.

GOVERNMENT SEEKS ACTION ON SKINNY MODELS

PARIS January 22, 2007 (AFP) - The French government is to propose measures to counter the dangers of anorexia among girls who equate skinniness with beauty, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said Monday. Speaking as the haute couture fashion parades got under way in Paris, Bertrand said a working committee is to be set up soon comprising representatives from model agencies, consumer groups, clothes manufacturers and psychologists.

"It is important when young girls are looking at models to ask questions about the real impact of these images on people's behaviour. It is not normal for a girl of six to be already asking questions about her weight," he said.

Ah, maybe they ask about their weight because they are, well, fat. Well, the government is on the case and soon all Frenchies -- the fatties and the macerated -- all will be back to regulation French surrender weight.

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