The magazine with the last word on fashion says “no more” to showcasing bone-thin models in its editions in America, France, U.K. and China.
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief for Vogue — along with 18 fellow editors — was instrumental in creating the new guidelines that prohibit the fashion icon from hiring models with any visible signs of eating disorders, reports The Associated Press. Vogue will also no longer uses images of models under the age of 16.
The new initiatives could be a step in the right direction for an industry that has long encouraged — intentionally or not — young women to resort to extreme measures for a thin body.
However, critics think the guidelines don’t go far enough and are merely a publicity stunt.
“If Vogue was really concerned about the well being of girls in terms of their health, then they would have done what Spain and Italy did and use only girls who have what has been deemed a healthy Body Mass Index,” Susan Linn of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood told the AP.
While Vogue has banned ultra-skinny models, it has yet to address the practice of digitally doctoring photos to give its models the perfect look.
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