Paper Monitor
11:30 UK time, Wednesday, 20 September 2006
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
The size zero model debate rumbles on, with London Fashion Week fanning the flames of ire (and providing a good excuse to run lots of pictures of pretty girls wearing not an awful lot).
The Sun goes about this with its 鈥渟tick insect of the day鈥 feature, with not one but two waif-like creatures in today鈥檚 paper. As one struts her stuff in a barely-there jumpsuit by Sir Paul Smith, the paper asks the designer why he hired a barely-there model to match: 鈥淎gencies might start considering girls a little bit bigger.鈥 You tell 鈥榚m, Sir Paul.
The Times points out that none of the models in his show was close to a size 12. (Were they ever?)
The Daily Telegraph, which yesterday plastered model du jour Lily Cole across its front page (and plumptious huntswomen in the nuddy for charity inside), today asks a plus-size lovely her thoughts.
With a body mass index of 26.4 - a good 10 points above catwalk queens Kate, Naomi et al - Charlotte Coyle sees no problem with the naturally thin girls, but says she can spot those with eating disorders: 鈥淭heir bones are sticking out everywhere, their faces are emaciated and their eyes are saying 鈥榝eed me鈥.鈥 But no, she does not name names.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror has Madonna and her new hairstyle! And you know, Paper Monitor cannot help but think it looks familiar. That鈥檚 right! Posh has almost the same style, but had it first. Unlike the Queen of Pop to come second.
Finally, advance warning of a new front in the wall-charts battle. After the Guardian and Independent staged a pitched battle on the educational front last week - I鈥檒l see your edible forest berries and raise you one assemblable human skeleton - the Indie goes for an unashamed pitch for the lads 鈥榥鈥 dads market鈥 Kate Moss. Presumably pre-assembled.
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