the-mighty-birdy:

nunyabizni:

Vogue and the CFDA
announced that they will no longer book models under 18 in an effort to
make the fashion industry less exploitative.

In an article in the
September issue announcing the move, Maya Singer explains that the
fashion industry has developed an unhealthy cycle of hiring young,
vulnerable models who will fit tiny sample sizes, failing to give them
adequate support for the pressures and temptation (drugs, alcohol)
they’ll face, then dumping them once they’ve grown too large for sizing
that’s supposedly marketed at adult women.

This is damaging to the young
models themselves, who all too often face long, exhausting hours,
pressure to undertake extreme diets, and exploitation of their lack of
knowledge of the industry, and to fashion lovers who are subconsciously
told that the beauty ideal is someone underage.

‘No more: It’s not right
for us, it’s not right for our readers, and it’s not right for the
young models competing to appear in these pages,’ writes Maya. ‘While we
can’t rewrite the past, we can commit to a better future.’

Vogue is calling on the industry to stop hiring models under the age of 18.   And they’re leading the way by refusing to book underage models for the magazine.