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‘We want you down to the bone’: Model told she was too big for fashion is calling for ban of ultra-thin girls on the catwalk

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This model was told she was too big for fashion, now she's getting the government to ban ultra thin models Credit: Instagram/@rosalienelson
Rosie Nelson was told repeatedly to lose weight by her agency (Picture: Instagram/@rosalienelson)

Yes, we know, every time London Fashion Week rolls around someone makes a noise about the use of ultra-thin models.

But this time change might actually be on its way.

Britain may follow in France’s footsteps and introduce penalties for designers found employing models who are unhealthily thin.

And it’s in large part thanks to 23-year-old model Rosie Nelson and her petition to protect young models who are put under pressure to lose dangerous amounts of weight in order to succeed in the industry.

Nelson faced that very pressure when she first stepped… Read the full story


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