Bad Teeth, But Better Sense

The British Fashion Council gave out their awards last night. Fascinating. Dame Vivienne Westwood won something, again. Model of the Year? Kate, of course.
I poked around on the BFC site (nice design, btw) for the first time today and came across the results of an independent study they asked a panel-- including model Erin O'Connor, 29, (her UK Vogue blog here) and last year's "Designer of the Year" Giles Deacon -- to put together regarding weight issues in the industry. A poll they commissioned revealed that 27 percent of models say they were under 16 when they did their first show, and 12.5 percent under 15. All because the standard is getting too skinny for even mid to upper teens to achieve. 71 percent say they see the trend going thinner and thinner. Gross.
As a result of these findings, a ban was implemented by the BFC this year barring girls under 16 from modeling adult fashion on the runways during London Fashion Week, attempting to curb the projection of the unattainable prepubescent frame as ideal.
I popped over to the Council of Fashion Designers of America's site to see if we did anything similar in New York. The issue isn't so much as mentioned, while the BFC site even had links to eating disorder education resources and programs.
Yep. Americans may be the fattest people in the world, but we sure do hate ourselves the most for it! Bring on the underdeveloped 4th graders...