Several international blogs are discussing the picture above, of a campaign of Ralphe Lauren. The discussion rotates around the excess of the use of Photoshop in advertising pictures, besides the women’s valorization more and more thin, inciting the anorexia, for instance.

Psychiatrists asked the British government to take some kind of attitude against the crescent sites number that defend the anorexia.

Encouraged by sites of social networks, as Facebook and the “thinspiration”, a crescent number of Britons is looking for in the Internet clues on how to die of hunger or to hide exalts weight loss, it informed Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Organizers of Fashion Week refused to suspend the use of careless models in the catwalks. More than 1,6 million people in Grã-Britain suffer of alimentary disturbances, being almost 90 percent female adolescents.

The report requests that the government combats the sites proliferation in favor of alimentary disturbances as part of wide efforts to protect children in the Internet through the British piece of advice for Safety of the Child in the Internet (UKCCIS).

Psychiatrists say that one in each 10 children search sites of this type repeatedly, being inspired by celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. Some sites use pictures of models excessively thin and forums of messages to encourage severe weight loss.

Beat, a charity institution for people with alimentary disturbances, informed that measures to turn such illegal sites won’t solve the root of the problem. It would be necessary to engage ISP on that too.

Via: UOL Tecnologia.

It was an unlikely theme for a collection showcased at the prestigious semi-annual Fashion Week held recently in New York. After all, what was Barbie doing there? Haven’t the older girls dumped Barbie for more edgy dolls such as MGA Entertainment’s Bratz range or for video games and electronic toys?

But Mattel, the world’s largest toy maker, was using the show not only to mark the Fiftieth year celebration of this classic doll’s inception, but also to try and make Barbie fashionable again and boost flagging sales. As pink curtains parted to show video images of Barbie over the years, the first model hit the runway in a black and white bathing suit reminiscent of the first generation Barbie. The runway was taken over by models in dresses designed by 50 top names in the fashion world such as Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Tommy Hilfilger and Calvin Klein.

The designs not only portrayed past and present looks of the classic doll in colors like black, red and pink and long blond ponytails, but also looked ahead with some futuristic looks and equally futuristic hairstyles.

This fashion icon of Mattel Inc cannot be ignored easily and will continue to hold a special place in the lives of most girls. As Hilfilger observed, “Barbie is the quintessential American icon. She represents a woman’s first experience with style, transcending generations and cultures; she holds a special place in the fashion world and is an inspiration to many designers,”

Via : Reuters Life