Vogue Speaks Out
Alexandra Shulman has joined the fight against size zero and revealed she is forced to retouch photo's of skinny models before they go the print.
The Vogue editor says that designers are sending out samples of clothes which are too small for most healthy models and it's time for the size zero trend to end.
In a letter written to the top designer houses she said Vogue readers don't like seeing photos in the magazine or girls "with jutting bones and no breasts or hips" and has even written to the top designer house to urge them to take action.
"During the time I have been at Vogue, the sample sizes that models are required to war have become substantially smaller," Shulman wrote.
"We have now reached a point where many of the sample sizes don't comfortably fit even the established star models."
"I am often having to run headshots on the cover, rather than images where you can see clothes, because my readers are uncomfortable with the size of the models when seen full length."
The letter, which was not meant to be seen by the public, was sent to Prada, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel, reports the Telegraph.
This is the first time that Vogue have spoken out against the use of size zero models- lets hope other fashion magazines will follow and we can finally put an end to this ridiculous, and dangerous, trend.