“Stuck in the locker room”, chants this morning The Parisian. As the Fashion Week in Paris, the daily recalls that the “mannequin law” which is imposed on the world of fashion is still not applied.
Voted exactly one year ago, this text establishes a mention “retouched photography” in magazines and imposes a medical examination on models. For those who would like to practice in France, a minimum body mass index is required. “Measures to fight against the scourge of anorexia and an image of women, conveyed by fashion, dangerous for health”, recalls the newspaper.
But the application of this Touraine law was suspended until the publication of two decrees. Still nothing, notes the PS rapporteur for this law, Olivier Véran. “If this continues, continues the doctor, the decrees will never be published before the end of the five-year term. And there is obviously a brake somewhere ”.
On this point, of course, the explanations diverge. Simple technical circuit problem between the European Commission, the Council of State, the Council for working conditions and the ministries, underlines the Ministry of Health.
And on the side of the modeling agencies, it’s… omerta. Despite the requests of the newspaper, the modeling agencies refuse to communicate. A silence that says a lot about their desire for change.