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Post by housesparrow on Dec 30, 2010 6:45:15 GMT
A brave woman, and I'm not sure why the posters depicting her suffering were banned.
A French model who posed nude for an anti-anorexia campaign while suffering from the illness herself has died at the age of 28, her colleagues confirm.
Isabelle Caro died on 17 November after being treated for an acute respiratory illness, Swiss singer Vincent Bigler told journalists.
He added that he did not know the exact cause of death.
Ms Caro appeared in posters for an anti-anorexia campaign in 2007, but the ads were banned in several countries.
It was not clear why it took so long for her death to be made public.
The anti-anorexia campaign came amid a debate among fashion circles on the use of "ultra-skinny" models on the catwalk.
The AFP news agency reported her as saying at the time: "I thought this could be a chance to use my suffering to get a message across, and finally put an image on what thinness represents and the danger it leads to - which is death."
The model, who was 5ft 4in tall (1.65m) at the time of the poster campaign, reportedly weighed 32kg (five stones).
Ms Caro's acting instructor, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, told the Associated Press news agency that Ms Caro had died after returning to France from a job in Tokyo.
She said family and close friends had held a funeral ceremony in Paris last month.
Mr Bigler, who was a friend of Ms Caro, told Swiss media: "She was hospitalised for 15 days with acute respiratory disease and was recently also very tired, but I do not know the cause of her death."
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Post by sesley on Dec 30, 2010 9:34:02 GMT
its the fashion industry and people like Posh who promote this rediculous double o size. In one of the mags on the shelf, Cheryl Cole is wanting to loose weight for America because she thinks she is overweight!!!
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Post by jean on Dec 30, 2010 10:54:19 GMT
I'm not sure why the posters depicting her suffering were banned. I am not sure what good they would have done, though - people with anorexia as severe as this cannot see their own bodies as they really are, so the sight of someone else's would hardly bring them to their senses. The rest of us know only too well, and do not need to see. |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 30, 2010 15:53:11 GMT
Caro herself must have realised that her body was a shocking sight, or she would not have agreed to the photo, surely? I thought it was courageous to pose for it.
It is probably true that once people do realise that they are dangerously underweight, it is too late, and until that stage they probably have been in denial.
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Post by everso on Dec 30, 2010 17:07:46 GMT
I'm not sure why the posters depicting her suffering were banned. I am not sure what good they would have done, though - people with anorexia as severe as this cannot see their own bodies as they really are, so the sight of someone else's would hardly bring them to their senses. The rest of us know only too well, and do not need to see. I agree Jean. The whole anorexia thing seems too complex for something as simple as publishing photographs of a model with the complaint and, to me, smacks a bit of voyeurism. Similar, in a way, to publishing photos of a junkie shooting up. It's difficult for everybody else to look at, but it's water off a duck's back to another junkie, presumably. |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 30, 2010 18:59:41 GMT
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Post by aubrey on Dec 30, 2010 19:41:07 GMT
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Post by Patrick on Dec 30, 2010 22:42:01 GMT
I thought some of the shops were developing a conscience over this. Maybe not - in parts of Europe perhaps?
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Post by jean on Dec 30, 2010 22:49:25 GMT
Ah, Oliviero Toscani...he's the one who did all those controversial ads for Benetton, isn't he?
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 31, 2010 7:27:10 GMT
Jean, you are right, as stated in the (longish) article I posted in #5, in which the poster comes in for much criticism, ranging from complaints of voyeurism to:
Armani denied that the fashion industry was to blame, saying: “Even people who take no notice of fashion get anorexic.” Dolce & Gabbana said: “Anorexia has nothing to do with fashion but is a psychiatric problem.”
I would disagree with Armani. I'm pretty sure that a desire to be thin is behind a great deal of anorexia and if the fashion industry was serious about the problem it would go out of its way to promote curves...Marilyn style curves of course, not lard buckets.
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Post by everso on Dec 31, 2010 9:34:00 GMT
Jean, you are right, as stated in the (longish) article I posted in #5, in which the poster comes in for much criticism, ranging from complaints of voyeurism to: Armani denied that the fashion industry was to blame, saying: “Even people who take no notice of fashion get anorexic.” Dolce & Gabbana said: “Anorexia has nothing to do with fashion but is a psychiatric problem.” I would disagree with Armani. I'm pretty sure that a desire to be thin is behind a great deal of anorexia and if the fashion industry was serious about the problem it would go out of its way to promote curves... Marilyn style curves of course, not lard buckets.  |
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Post by everso on Dec 31, 2010 9:35:28 GMT
What a hippo-crite! Look at that fat gut hanging down over his trousers! More fool her, silly woman, for marrying him. |
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Post by jean on Dec 31, 2010 9:52:09 GMT
Armani denied that the fashion industry was to blame, saying: “Even people who take no notice of fashion get anorexic.” Dolce & Gabbana said: “Anorexia has nothing to do with fashion but is a psychiatric problem.” These are oversimplifications. It is true that a lot of anorexia has nothing whatever to do with fashion or with getting thin - I have seen that in my own family, where depression (for want of a better word) has always been combined with some kind of eating disorder, which has never has its origin in the desire to lose weight, but more in questions of self-worth and being in control. That's not to deny that anorexia may have its origins in a desire to emulate size zero models, and for that the fashion industry is responsible. ...Marilyn style curves of course... It's a pity that admiration for Christina Hendrick's (of Mad Men) curves seems to be accompanied by an unquestioning acceptance of her own unquestioning acceptance of 1960s attitudes in the area of sexual politics. Couldn't we have the one without the other? |
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Post by everso on Dec 31, 2010 11:43:07 GMT
Armani denied that the fashion industry was to blame, saying: “Even people who take no notice of fashion get anorexic.” Dolce & Gabbana said: “Anorexia has nothing to do with fashion but is a psychiatric problem.” These are oversimplifications. It is true that a lot of anorexia has nothing whatever to do with fashion or with getting thin - I have seen that in my own family, where depression (for want of a better word) has always been combined with some kind of eating disorder, which has never has its origin in the desire to lose weight, but more in questions of self-worth and being in control. That's not to deny that anorexia may have its origins in a desire to emulate size zero models, and for that the fashion industry is responsible. ...Marilyn style curves of course... It's a pity that admiration for Christina Hendrick's (of Mad Men) curves seems to be accompanied by an unquestioning acceptance of her own unquestioning acceptance of 1960s attitudes in the area of sexual politics. Couldn't we have the one without the other?If only. You, Housey and I have lived through the 60s and it's difficult to believe now just how unquestioning and accepting the majority of women were. I love that shape though.  |
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2010 13:09:58 GMT
If only. You, Housey and I have lived through the 60s and it's difficult to believe now just how unquestioning and accepting the majority of women were. If only.  I refuse to answer, on the grounds that I may incriminate myself. |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 31, 2010 17:11:20 GMT
Did anyone hear Sandie Shaw on Desert Island Discs this morning? I could have sworn I heard her say that in the early days of her career her earnings were paid to her husband because it was the law. In the 1960s - surely not?
I know I became anorexic because I associated success with being thin - the message was everywhere. The control thing kicked in later I THINK: it was a confusing time.
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Post by everso on Jan 1, 2011 23:43:33 GMT
I was naturally thin and I hated it.
Housey, I listened to the Sandie Shaw Desert Island Disc programme. Did you find her rather irritating? She was very full of herself I thought. I was never that keen on her. She lived at the bottom of the road where Mr. E. lived in Dagenham, although he didn't know her.
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 2, 2011 11:31:18 GMT
Everso, I only caught parts of the programme and was fascinated by the tale of her bankruptcy, which doesn't seem to feature in the web potted biographies I've glanced through. However I see she was only 17/18 when she married, so that might explain why her money went to her husband; she would have been a minor.
The bit that irritated me was when she cried recalling how she had to leave her baby to go on tour. I'm not doubting that she was distressed about it, but am always suspicious of people who audibly blub when recounting a difficult time in their past.
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Post by everso on Jan 2, 2011 13:52:44 GMT
Me too. I think there is too much public blubbing nowadays. That's not to say that both mine and Mr. E's upper lips are terribly stiff, but when "celebrities" (and I put that in quotes) start crying, especially if they are actors, I'm always a bit suspicious.
We should learn to comport ourselves in public.
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 2, 2011 16:07:52 GMT
I can't add up. She was older than 18 when she married. Maybe I misheard her?
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