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Israel’s Revolutionary Fashion Ban

Israel Moves to Ban Ads with Underweight Models
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A new Israeli law bans underweight models in ads, as the government tries to fight eating disorders. Photo Credit: Peter Duhon via Flickr.

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7:03PM PDT on Jul 6, 2012

So,whats with the Palestine deal? They seem to have plenty eating disorders too.

9:35AM PDT on Jun 21, 2012

great

12:14PM PDT on May 27, 2012

That's great to hear, I'm so sick of looking at emaciated women on the runways, they don't do anything for the clothes.

12:11PM PDT on May 27, 2012

It will be interesting to see the impact of this ban. Will the number of eating disorders cases decrease?

6:40AM PDT on May 27, 2012

Sounds like a great idea!

6:26AM PDT on May 27, 2012

Thank goodness.

12:38AM PDT on May 2, 2012

I hope Israel will be able to inspire other countries to follow suit! Thanks for sharing!

11:39AM PDT on Mar 29, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

1:14AM PDT on Mar 28, 2012

Israel you're doing it right!

11:43AM PDT on Mar 27, 2012

richa b.

Actually Israel did already ban fur.

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