Paris fashion week kicks off
The Paris ready-to-wear shows has kicked off with the French fashion industry's leading official saying he did not believe organizers should ban the use of models considered underweight.
By PTI |
PARIS: The Paris ready-to-wear shows has kicked off with the French fashion industry's leading official saying he did not believe organizers should ban the use of models considered underweight.
Didier Grumbach, head of the Chambre Syndicale - the body that governs French fashion - on Sunday said that he did not plan to follow in the footsteps of Spanish authorities in setting guidelines for the minimum weight of models who appear on the catwalks.
"I think it's a non-issue. You don't solve public health problems by regulating the size of models," he told The Associated Press. "You know, fashion is only the reflection of what is happening in society. It is not the cause."
France's Health Ministry recently announced it was setting up a working group on body image, with the aim of establishing a charter with advertisers banning the use of excessively thin models. Grumbach said he did not plan to take part in the government talks.
"I honestly think we are not responsible for health problems," he said. "Let the Health Ministry take care of health problems, and let fashion designers choose models according to their taste."
French designer Christophe Decarnin was certainly not in the mood to buck the prevailing appetite for super-skinny models.
His spring-summer collection for Balmain focused on mini dresses that reflected this season's revival of body-conscious dressing, as epitomized by Azzedine Alaia and Gianni Versace in the 1980s.
Didier Grumbach, head of the Chambre Syndicale - the body that governs French fashion - on Sunday said that he did not plan to follow in the footsteps of Spanish authorities in setting guidelines for the minimum weight of models who appear on the catwalks.
"I think it's a non-issue. You don't solve public health problems by regulating the size of models," he told The Associated Press. "You know, fashion is only the reflection of what is happening in society. It is not the cause."
France's Health Ministry recently announced it was setting up a working group on body image, with the aim of establishing a charter with advertisers banning the use of excessively thin models. Grumbach said he did not plan to take part in the government talks.
"I honestly think we are not responsible for health problems," he said. "Let the Health Ministry take care of health problems, and let fashion designers choose models according to their taste."
French designer Christophe Decarnin was certainly not in the mood to buck the prevailing appetite for super-skinny models.
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His spring-summer collection for Balmain focused on mini dresses that reflected this season's revival of body-conscious dressing, as epitomized by Azzedine Alaia and Gianni Versace in the 1980s.
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