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France clamps down on ultra-thin models with new bill

French lawmakers on Thursday adopted a bill forcing ultra-thin models to furnish a doctor's certificate confirming they are healthy and magazines that Photoshop their silhouette to tag the images as "touched up". The bill stipulates that models must obtain a medical certificate stating that their health, "assessed in particular in terms of body...

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Fat is fabulous: how Overweight Haters may be doing us a favour

Body shaming is not new and the fashion industry itself is no stranger to controversy when it comes to determining which body size is considered marketable and which one is not. Well, turns out a huge chunk of us would not pass - new research from Mintel has revealed that one in three (38 percent) Brits struggle to find clothes that fit them...