Anorexic Models Banned in France

Apr 6, 2015

An anorexic models ban is now in effect in the fashion capitol of the world, under a new French law that makes it a crime for anyone in the rag business to employ females who appear to be “dangerously thin.” 

France proposes to legally define its anorexia and bulimia ban via the use of Body Mass Index standards that will help guarantee those who are professionally modeling are not just svelte but also “healthy.”

And requiring a normal BMI isn’t the only thing lawmakers are going to resort to in enforcing the groundbreaking legislation. They’re also demanding that any commercial image that’s been Photoshopped to enhance a model’s supernatural gauntness include a prominent disclaimer.

It’s a sea change to an industry which for decades has heartlessly marketed both high and low end fashion primarily by pressuring beautiful young women to sacrifice daily sustenance in order to look like starving waifs.

That kind of exploitation didn’t merely put skinny models at risk, mental health experts successfully argued. It influenced millions upon millions of impressionable consumers to compromise their own health too, in the process setting off a pandemic of eating disorders and other forms of self harming.

Intentionally violating France’s anorexic models ban carries both civil and criminal penalties, says Oliver Veran, the representative who first proposed the landmark reform. “The prospect of such a punishment will have the effect of regulating the entire sector,” he vows.

Hopefully, the specter of stiff fines and jail time will also set the stage for a positive new fashion trend the rest of the planet will soon be imitating as well.

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