Fashion and modeling can be a cutthroat and ruthless world, but Vogue Italia, the pinnacle of fashion magazines, took an unprecedented step in combatting that reputation after removing one of the images from their site.
The image in question (left) is a black and white shot of supermodel and Victoria's Secret Angel Karlie Kloss, and it was taken down after Vogue editors discovered the picture was being used on pro-anorexia websites as a source of what those sites call "thinspiration." Kloss, 19, looks thin to the point of appearing starved in the photo that has her posed in unzipped micro-shorts revealing a protruding hip bone and oddly contorted and defined abdominal muscles.
While no one is implying anything about Kloss, who attributes her slight figure (she has a 23 inch waist) to her years as a dancer, the image certainly creates an unrealistic and potentially unhealthy standard of thinness or fitness. Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani has long spoken out against pro-anorexia websites, and the magazine was quick to react to the influx of comments from those worried the Kloss photograph would encourage young girls to match the model's frail figure in ways that are dangerous to their bodies.
The image in question (left) is a black and white shot of supermodel and Victoria's Secret Angel Karlie Kloss, and it was taken down after Vogue editors discovered the picture was being used on pro-anorexia websites as a source of what those sites call "thinspiration." Kloss, 19, looks thin to the point of appearing starved in the photo that has her posed in unzipped micro-shorts revealing a protruding hip bone and oddly contorted and defined abdominal muscles.
While no one is implying anything about Kloss, who attributes her slight figure (she has a 23 inch waist) to her years as a dancer, the image certainly creates an unrealistic and potentially unhealthy standard of thinness or fitness. Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani has long spoken out against pro-anorexia websites, and the magazine was quick to react to the influx of comments from those worried the Kloss photograph would encourage young girls to match the model's frail figure in ways that are dangerous to their bodies.
