Italy fashion industry to fight anorexia
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From left, Italian designer and President of Altamoda Roma Stefano Dominella, Italian Youth Policy and Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri, President of the Italian Fashion Chamber Mario Boselli and European Affairs and Foreign Trade minister Emma Bonino sign a self-regulating code on the Italian fashion industry, in Rome, Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Fashion industry representatives and the government on Friday signed a self-regulating code for Italy's highly competitive fashion industry, aimed at 're-evaluating a healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty.'' 'There's a boundary between a thin girl and a sick one that is often trespassed. Italy, with this manifesto, is committed to recognize this boundary and not trespass it'' Melandri said during the conference. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
AP - Italy was once famed for the sultry, full-bodied beauties it contributed to the international scene. A month after the death of an anorexic Brazilian model, the Italian government teamed up with the fashion industry Friday to promote a "healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty." |
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