LONDON (AFP) - One of the biggest names in British fashion, known for its close links to supermodel Kate Moss, will not use size zero models during London Fashion Week, media has reported.
Topshop, a high street brand which peddles cutting edge designs at affordable prices, has asked its designers not to use waifs.
It signed a much-trumpeted design deal with the famously skinny Moss last year.
The news came days after the British Fashion Council said it would not ban stick-thin models from London's catwalks when the shows start in two weeks' time, despite increasing pressure for the move.
"We are going to set the scene at the opening of London Fashion Week and I hope everyone else follows," Sir Philip Green, head of the Arcadia group, which owns Topshop, said in the Daily Telegraph.
"We all know what the definition of unhealthy is and we want to try to act correctly, responsibly and without causing a rift."
But he added that the company would not go as far as weighing its models.
The organizers of Madrid Fashion Week in September banned women with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18, while ultra-thin models were also barred from Milan's fashion week.
The World Health Organization' World Health Organization says a woman is underweight if she has a BMI of less than 18.5, and adds that a BMI of between 18.5 and 24.9 is desirable.
BMI measures body fat based on height and weight and it is thought that a 5ft 9in (1.75 metres) model would have to weigh at least 55 kilograms (121 pounds) to comply with the WHO's suggested range.
Source - Yahoo News
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