Parisian fashion giants call a halt to size zero

Daughter comes home from her first day at fashion school, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Parisian fashion giants call a halt to size zero

She is full of anecdotes about classmates who have never heard of hummus — she is attending a provincial fashion school, far from the capital, where it seems people are more familiar with Pot Noodle than the chickpea-based lunchbox staple. This concerns her. Future designers, who don’t know their hummus from their funny bone?

Hummus non-recognition in the provinces is a long way from the Paris fashion industry, where hummus is undoubtedly known, but seldom consumed. At least, not by the models, who seldom consume anything. Hummus is fattening, and sample sizes are cut to fit women with waists the width of a Barbie, their overall shapes just as unrealistically elongated through sustained hunger.

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