On Jan.23,Spain Health Ministry and Spain garment retailors signed a agreement to help mass cultivate healthful wearing habit
Two sides agreed to incorporate size 16 (European size 46) clothes into their normal ranges. The agreement also stipulates that size 16 no longer be specifically labeled as a larger size. To avoid under-weight dressing impression, the shop window dummies in store should own no less than 38# size body shape. In the meanwhile, A uniform garment type & size will be adopted while dress labels will carry information on waist, hip and bust sizes instead of just a number.
80% garment design & manufacture enterprises have signed this agreement. According to agreement, enterprises can cost eight months to carry out this regulation and five years to replace dummies.
Spain National Consumption Institute plan to measure 8500 female volunteers aged 12-70 to determine the true shape of women's bodies. The statistic will be analyzed in the form of three-dimensional image in computer. It is forecasted to cost 1million Euro.
Since 2006, Spain government threw themselves to promote propaganda for preventing anorexia and removing false taste among youth. Madrid government‘s excluding of stick-thin models in Madrid Fashion Week is echoed loudly. It is disclosed by organizer that this regulation will still be implemented during Madrid on February, 2007.
Once women's sizes have been sorted out, Spain's government says it will turn its attentions to men's clothes.
British refuse ban
It's unclear yet whether the common sizing system, which will be Europe's first, will set a trend for the European Union.
The British fashion industry has already shown itself ready to defy Britain's government by refusing to rule out the use of ultra-thin models during London Fashion Week.
Organizers say they will not force international designers to avoid under-weight models when they show their winter collections next month.
The refusal follows outspoken criticism of waif-like models by Britain's culture secretary Tessa Jowell, who says they set a bad example for young women.
