Vogue editor blames eating disorders on websites, not mags
The editor of Italy’s own Vogue Franca Sozzani says eating disorders are complex and the causes are myriad, but she placed most of the blame at the hands of ‘pro-ana’ websites that use extremely thin models as ‘thinspiration’ for their look. Critics were quick to leap, however, saying Sozzani ignored her own magazine and industry’s role in unhealthy eating habits. Sozzani said:
“One of the most disturbing aspects of the spread and globalisation of Eating Disorders is the employment of the web to convey cultural models that emphasize thinness though websites that promote pathological behaviors aiming at weight control and offer extreme dieting advice. Pro-ana websites, where ana stands for anorexia, are one of the most effective channels to promote the disease especially with adolescents who employ such instrument daily and with extreme skill.”
Just last year Vogue Italy removed a photo of one of its models from its website (it was too late for the print edition) because it had been used by the same pro-ana sites as ‘inspiration’.
Sozzani didn’t completely absolve the fashion industry – instead asking why thin was suddenly beautiful – and acknowledged many people would try and blame her when she started a petition to close down pro-ana sites last year.
“And this is where fashion comes into play, alongside models, fashion magazines and everything regarding aesthetics. What lead us to establish that thin is beautiful and that thinness is the aesthetic code we should follow? Why the age of supermodels, who were beautiful and womanly, slowly started decreasing and we now have still undeveloped adolescents with no sign of curves? Why is this considered beautiful? Marylin Monroe, Liz Taylor and Sophia Loren today would appear in our Curvy channel and be defined shapely,” she said.
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