Violators of the new law will face up to six months in prison and a fine of over $80,000. That is, if the French authorities can even enforce it. Late last Thursday, the French government passed a new ...

If you keep an eye on French fashion, you might notice a change in the models slinking down Paris runways in the future. A law passed in France in 2015 banning dangerously skinny models has now gone ...

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Modeling agencies and fashion houses that hire extra-thin models will face possible fines up to 75,000 euros and even up to six months in prison. By THR Staff French Skinny Ban - H 2015 Super-thin ...

WHEN GROWING up in La Courneuve, on the unfashionable fringes of Paris, Rokhaya Diallo says she “didn’t feel black”. The daughter of parents from Senegal and the Gambia, she recalls that “being black ...