Fashion

A Swedish modelling agency has been accused of staking out a treatment centre for eating disorders scouting for anorexic ‘talent’. Director of the Stockholm clinic Anna-Maria af Sandeberg said head hunters had approached ill patients, one wheelchair bound, hoping to recruit them. Kirstie Clements: Thin is in because designers demand it “They were outside the […]

Vogue has caused controversy again for publishing “blackface” pictures of a white model. This time it’s the Netherlands edition of the fashion bible that is in hot water after it ran an editorial featuring pale-skinned model Querelle Jansen with her face “blacked-up” and an afro wig on. The photographic spread — which was styled by […]

Beyonce Knowles is certainly one busy queen Bey! Her documentary Life is but a drem recently aired in the US and she is preparing for her world tour. But Beyonce always has time for fashion! Her latest shoot for H&M shows the singer looking super sexy in a bikini, but the singer doesn’t just model […]

A woman dropped by her modelling agency at size 10 for being ‘too big’ has launched her own agency to help ‘normal-sized’ women break into the fashion industry. The UK model, Saffi Karina, “failed” to maintain a figure consistent with the standards of a thin-obsessed fashion industry when “womanhood ensued” and she was told her […]

The Project host Carrie Bickmore has been named one of TV’s biggest style influences for Aussie women, inspiring the most clothing purchases. Carrie shares the title with Mornings host Sonia Kruger and the pair are closely followed by Melissa Doyle, Kylie Gillies and Lisa Wilkinson. Carrie’s wardrobe, which focuses on edgy prints, stand-out jewellery and […]

If you have ever wanted to walk in Carrie Bradshaw’s shoes, now’s your chance! Sarah Jessica Parker is placing three pairs of heels from her Sex and the City days up for auction, with all the proceeds going to New York’s LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and the Performing Arts. The 48-year-old actress, who […]

Fashion bloggers are airbrushing images of scarily thin models to make them appear more healthy but the Melbourne girl whose anti-airbrushing protest prompted Cleo magazine to reconsider its retouching policy says it’s never ok to publish altered images of women’s bodies. The Weekly reported yesterday that images of models at Australian fashion week were being […]

Rumours Miranda Kerr has been dropped by lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret are “untrue” her agent has claimed. Reports the 30-year-old Aussie supermodel had been dumped as an “Angel” because she was “too difficult” began circulating yesterday. The New York Daily News claimed Miranda — whose current three-year $1 million contract with Victoria’s Secret ends this […]

Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr is no longer an angel. The 30-year-old’s $US1 million ($949,000) contract as a Victoria’s Secret angel has not been renewed, an industry insider tells Us Weekly. The source claims that her “difficult reputation” is to blame, and says Miranda isn’t a big seller for the lingerie company in comparison to fellow […]

Skinny women are the norm at Fashion Week, but the waifs walking the runway at this year’s shows are thin even by model standards. Top designer Alex Perry has defended his choice of models, claiming he ran out of time to find healthier-sized girls, but former Vogue editor Kirstie Clements says as far as most […]