Anna Wintour Is Sick Of Skinny Models, Too

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Excerpt From: New York Magazine Fashion

Is the age of the pale, nondescript waif model almost over? According to Anna Wintour's letter in the April shape issue of Vogue, it ought to be. She explains she chose Gisele Bündchen for the cover because she's remained "athletic and curvaceous (by the standards of the modeling business)." Wintour continues:
I wish I could say the same for the young women who were just on the runways at the New York fall collections. Overall, they were pale and thin, and entirely lacking in the joyfulness and charm that once defined the supermodel. This, of course, is not their fault: Designers now near-uniformly favor a non-vivacious, homogenous ideal.
Wow. We're kind of speechless. The most powerful force in the fashion industry — and the head of a magazine chock-full of super-thin models — has finally spoken out about the Skinny Minnie thing. But it wasn't because she was worried about the girls' health (she is) but because she thinks the industry is out of touch: (To continue this article, click here.)