Models present creations by Belgian designer Raf Simons as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French house Dior during Paris fashion week, Sept 28, 2012. (Reuters file photo)PARIS -- French fashion groups Kering and LVMH will stop hiring excessively thin models on catwalks worldwide in response to criticism the industry encourages eating disorders. France in 2015 passed legislation outlawing ultra-thin models from working in the country's fashion industry. In 2010, Isabelle Caro, an anorexic 28-year-old former French fashion model, died after posing for a photographic campaign to raise awareness about the illness. The charter will come into effect ahead of this month's Fashion Week in Paris.

Source: Bangkok Post September 06, 2017 11:12 UTC