London Fashion Week won't ban skinny models - Fashion Week- msnbc.com

London Fashion Week won't ban skinny models - Fashion Week- msnbc.com

London Fashion Week won't ban skinny models

Instead, organizers ask designers to use ‘healthy’ people on catwalk

LONDON - Organizers of London Fashion Week
said Thursday they would not ban ultra-thin models from the catwalk,
but stressed they had asked designers to use only “healthy” people in
their shows.

The
British Fashion Council said barring stick-thin models — as fashion
weeks in Madrid and Milan have done — “is neither desirable nor
enforceable.”

The
council, a consortium of major fashion retailers and publishers that
oversees London’s twice-yearly fashion weeks, said it recognized its
responsibility to help promote a healthy body image.

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Wedding Dress Alteration Tips

It seems I've had an small blog break. My brain isn't working as it should be!

Anyway, I managed to find something useful on altering wedding dresses.



By Sarah on wedding dress alterations

If you’re purchasing your dress in a bridal boutique, or even purchasing it on the Internet, then most likely you’re looking at having to have some wedding dress alterations done. It seems that some wedding dresses need a major overhaul once they’re purchased to be able to tailor them to a particular person’s body type, which can be a lot of work for a seamstress. Taking in fabric on the top, taking it in at the waist (yea!), and other wedding dress alterations aren’t as easy as they look. Even if what you only need to have done is to take up the dress so it isn’t too long, then you’ll want to pay attention to some of these tried and true tips for making sure you get it done right the first time. Here is some great advice for taking care of your wedding dress alterations.

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