Healthy Is Hot, Skinny Is Not

A new fashion statement has implications for girls and young women across America. Vogue Magazine, which is for for many, the final word on beauty and style now says being healthy is hot, and being too young or too skinny is not. The 19 editors of Vogues around the world collectively announced they’ll no longer knowingly use models younger than 16 or those who appear to have an eating disorder. vogue says it will now ask casting directors to check ID’s at photo shoots and ask designers to stop making such tiny sample sizes.

Many remain skeptical because similar guildlines were adopted in 2007, by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. But with Vogue coming out so strongly there’s hope that healthy really is the new black.