The editors of all 19 editions of Vogue around the world pledged to use only healthy models no younger than 16 on their editorial pages in an attempt to shift fashion's approach to body image.
"We will work with models who, in our view, are healthy and help us to promote a healthy body image," they said. The editors will also instruct modeling agencies not to send them underage models, require casting directors to check models' ID prior to photo shoots and encourage "healthy backstage working conditions," including food options.
Fashion designers, meanwhile, will be encouraged -- though not obliged -- to "consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample (dress) sizes... which encourages the use of extremely thin models." "We will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image," the editors' pact concludes. In an email to AFP, a Conde Nast spokeswoman said the initiative was being "implemented locally as is appropriate in each market by the individual editions.u00a0
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