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[Vintage Vogue Cover, April 1950]
Here’s one reason more why you should support the saint of fashion magazines; Vogue is making a statement about its own models: too thin is no longer in so they will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image. I read this awesome news from lovely Pupulandia blog and I couldn’t resist starting to burrow the news even more.
So, as a result of my burrowing I found out these things: the 19 editors of Vogue magazines around the world made a pact to project the image of healthy models and they agreed to “not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder”. The Condé Nast International chairman, Jonathan Newhouse, said on Thursday, “Vogue believes that good health is beautiful. Vogue Editors around the world want the magazines to reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the well-being of their readers.” I think that this move is an important one for the fashion world because up to for decades, fashion magazines have been criticized for upholding an unrealistic standard of beauty, and even more so with the widespread use of digital retouching that often results in images of models and celebrities that have no basis in reality. The magazines have not typically issued their own standards but Vogue editors like Anna Wintour, of the American edition, and Franca Sozzani, of Italy, have participated in recent efforts by the Council of Fashion Designers of America to promote healthier behavior in the modeling industry.
The Vogue announcement included the following six-point pact.
“1. We will not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder. We will work with models who, in our view, are healthy and help to promote a healthy body image.
“2. We will ask agents not to knowingly send us underage girls and casting directors to check IDs when casting shoots, shows and campaigns.
“3. We will help to structure mentoring programs where more mature models are able to give advice and guidance to younger girls, and we will help to raise industry-wide awareness through education, as has been integral to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Health Initiative.
“4. We will encourage producers to create healthy backstage working conditions, including healthy food options and a respect for privacy. We will encourage casting agents not to keep models unreasonably late.
“5. We encourage designers to consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample sizes of their clothing, which limits the range of women who can be photographed in their clothes, and encourages the use of extremely thin models.
“6. We will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image.”
.It remains to be seen what exactly Vogue editors considers as a healthy but I’m hopeful because this kind of thing really gives hope to start dreaming even bigger about new, healthier, body image -even in the fashion world. Thin is no longer in -HIP HIP HOORAY!
Jälleen kerran yksi syy etsiä käsiinsä tämä legendaarinen muotilehtien pyhimys, kun hamuaa luettavaa lehtihyllyiltä; Vogue nimittäin laittaa liiallisen laihuuden boikottihin ja näin ollen ryhtyy sanoista tekoihin terveemmän kehonkuvan puolesta. Ilouutinen tuli alustavasti bongattua ihastuttavan Jennin blogista tänä aamuna ja pakkohan sitä oli sitten alkaa kaivelamahan lisääkin tietoa asiasta -niin teitä kuin itseänikin varten.
Voguen 19 toimitusta ympäri maailmaa allekirjoittivat sopimuksen, jossa lupautuivat olemaan työskentelemättä tietoisesti alle 16-vuotiaiden tai syömishäiriötä sairastavien kanssa. CondéNast International:in pääjehu, Jonathan Newhouse, sanoi torstaina Voguen uskovan hyvän terveyden olevan kaunista, jonka vuoksi Voguen toimituksetkin ympäri maailmaa haluavat lehdestäänkin heijastuvan sitoutumisensa terveyteen, mikä näkyisi myös lehdistä pilkottavista malleista sekä olisi lehden välityksellä edistämässä myöskin lukijoidensa hyvinvointia. Voguelaisten tiedotus sisälsi yllä olevan kuusikohtaisen sopimuksen. Se, miten he määrittelevät terveemmän kehon jää nähtäväksi mutta heidän uusi linjauksensa antaa toivoa astetta paremmasta maailmasta, jossa toivon mukaan valloilleen pääsee uusi, terve, vartaloihanne.
Täytyy kyllä myöntää, että oon melkoisen äimän käkenä tuon uutisen seurauksena sillä vaikka tästä -siitä, että muotimaailmakin alkaisi hiljakseen heräilemään terveempään suuntaan- on tullut monet kerrat unelmoituakin, niin kyllä se melko toivottamalta on vaikuttanut. Toivottomalta etenkin siksi, että enemmistö muotimaailmalaisista on korkeintaan kohauttanut olkiaan sekä vannonut syyttömyyttään monien vuosienkin saatossa mm. hengenvaarallisesta aliravitsemustilasta johtuneille mallien kuolematapauksille, suunnittelijoiden epäterveellisen pienille mallikappaleille sekä vallitsevalle vartaloihanteelle, joka on terveellisyyden mittakaavasssa täysin utopistinen mutta asia, jota liian moni päätyy paineiden sanelemana tavoittelemaan asettaen terveytensä vaakalaudalle. Huolimatta siitäkin faktasta, että on olemassa tutkittua tietoa mm. median vaikutuksesta ulkonäköpaineisiin ja sitä kautta syömishäiriöidenkin leviämiseen -mediavaikuttimet kun luovat ihmisille pakottavan tarpeen sopia vallitsevaan vartaloihanteeseen.
On siis näyttänyt olevan kaikille muille paitsi ilmeisesti itse muotimaailmalaisille jo päivän selvää se, että jotain pitäisi tehdä -etenkin heidän, jotka sitä epärealistista vartaloihannettakin kylvevät. Siksi onkin äärimmäisen hienoa, että Vogue ottaa sen ensimmäisen askeleen -unohtamatta tietenkään Israelia, josta tuli maaliskuussa maailman ensimmäinen maa, jossa alipainoisten mallien käyttäminen mainoksissa on lailla kielletty sekä joillakin catwalkeilla vallitsevaa menettelyä tietyn painoindeksin alapuolelle jäävien mallien boikotoimisesta – ja toivottavasti muutkin seuraavat perässä mallikansalaisten tavoin! Welcomit terveydelle ja byebyet laihuudelle -HIP HIP HURRAA!
[Evolution of the Species; Ruven Afanador for Elle Italia, November 2008]
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A 32-years-old serial entrepreneur, hopeless life-romantic and three-time cancer survivor. I'm living in Finland, drinking too much green tea and enjoying life to the fullest with my best friend aka Hubby and our miraculous sixth-grader.
I'm a marketing nerd and an university dropout turned into a successful serial entrepreneur with my +20 years of experience (yep, don't let my age fool you!). My greatest passion and expertise in life&biz is to turn impossible situations into possible, empower dreamers&doers, like you, to love the life they live and turn your passion into a paycheck -(without it taking over your life.)
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