Posted in Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fashion Industry on Jan 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Stylist to the stars Patricia Field (she of Sex in the City fame) has an oh so cool web site promoting must have items for budding fashionistas. One item, the Trash and Luxury Celebrity Diet shirt is described as:
Another amazing celeb inspired tee. The celebrity diet, and our diet. Complete with a balanced cigarette, and some [...]
Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Enlighten Education, Fashion Industry, Magazines, Media, Sexualisation of children on Dec 19th, 2007 4 Comments »
Don’t steal childhood away this christmas:
Love, light and laughter at Christmas and always…
Danni and the Enlighten Education Executive Team -
Fran, Sonia, Storm, and Jane XXXX
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Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Fashion Industry, Sexualisation of children on Sep 19th, 2007 7 Comments »
This week’s Sunday Life (an insert with the Sun Herald) was a dedicated fashion issue. I was particularly keen to read the “Rewind, 1999″ article on designer Charlie Brown’s decision to use plus size model Sophie Dahl (a size 14) for her 1999 fashion show – had it been motivated by a desire to offer women [...]
Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Magazines on Sep 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
During one of my discussions with Board members from the Australian Women’s Forum they highlighted the hypocrisy inherent in many of the programs that say they are designed to promote healthy body image. Apart from magazines that pretend to be “a girl’s best friend” whilst feeding their insecurities and advocating consumerism, other cosmetic companies are [...]
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