In the late 1990s, the editor ofVogue, Kirstie Clements, was casting for swimsuit models in Sydney, but she decided none of the gorgeous young women were “suitable” to wear a bikini. As she gave up and went to purchase a sandwich at the cafe across the road, she passed the Northside Clinic, which specialises in […]

Global retail giant H&M has pledged to use healthy models in its advertising and admitted that in the past the company has irresponsibly promoted too-thin models and in doing so, promoted an unhealthy body image. CEO Karl-John Persson made the admission on the topic of model health speaking with Metro. Related: Mainstream fashion’s first size […]

They can’t read or write but four-year-old kids have already learnt to hate fat people. A Leeds University study found that children are overtly prejudiced against overweight people by the time they start kindergarten. Researchers showed 126 boys and girls aged four to six three versions of a specially-created story book. The story was exactly […]

While big name designers are still sending scarily-skinny girls down catwalks around the world, retail giant H&M has decided to champion a curvier beauty ideal. The clothing company’s new summer campaign features Jennie Runk, a size 16 model, in a collection of sexy swimsuits. What’s more, the retailer has skipped the usually ubiquitous “plus-size” tag […]

Carla Bruni has opened up about her body image battle following the birth of her daughter Giulia in 2011.

Fashion magazines are not known for celebrating curves but Elle Quebec has bucked the trend by elevating a plus-size model to covergirl status in its most recent issue. French-Canadian model Justine Legault, who wears the equivalent of an Australian size 16, is the first plus-size model to grace the cover of the mainstream magazine. The […]

If you thought sexy bikinis were only forSports Illustratedmodels, take it up with plus-size fashion blogger Gabi Gregg and she’ll teach you a thing or two. The 25-year-old’s blogGabiFreshshot to fame last year with this post where Gabi, who wears a US size 18, showed stunning holiday snaps in her ‘fatkini’, inspiring full-figured women to […]

A graphic new anti-anorexia ad campaign has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social networks. The ‘Say no to anorexia’ images — created by Brazilian modelling agency Star Models — use Photoshop to stretch shockingly thin women to resemble life-size fashion illustrations. The digitally manipulated models appear next to a typical designer’s sketch […]

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 […]

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 […]