Life is Cheaper When You’re Anorexic

Edited by Nicole Vardo

Don’t you ever wonder how celebrities stay MKO status skinny? Surprisingly, it’s not lines and lines of coke.

The Image Ralph Lauren Doesn’t Want You To See

Edited by Saynt

Ralph Lauren’s legal team is in full gear, threatening online publishers for displaying the American designers latest photoshop disaster. We’ve got the image for you right after the jump.

Featured Photographer: Ivonne Thein’s “Thirty-Two Kilos”

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

The most common reaction to Ivonne Thein’s photos is horror. The women in them are emaciated, wrapped in medical bandages and contorted. Hipbones, elbows and shoulder blades jut out as if begging for release from their diseased bodies.

The wall text offers some comfort: The photos are digitally manipulated.

The exhibition, which goes on display today at the Goethe-Institut Washington, is titled “Thirty-Two Kilos,” which refers to the weight (about 70 pounds) of a French actress who posed naked for ads condemning anorexia.

Thein’s decision to obscure the models’ faces forces the viewer to focus on their bodies, particularly the exaggerated limbs, says Al Miner, a curator at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, who will be on a panel tonight at the Goethe-Institut to discuss “Thirty-Two Kilos.”

“It’s clear that she’s mocking or appropriating poses that we see in edgier haute couture editorial work. . . . They look uncomfortable and bizarre. The poses are a reminder that they’re a critique of the fashion industry and not just weight loss.”

Thein, a 29-year-old German photographer and student, was inspired to create the series of 14 photographs after reading about “pro-ana” (or pro-anorexia) Web sites in a magazine. People on these sites, which have been around since at least the late ’90s, argue that anorexia is a lifestyle choice like any other. Their fellowship revolves around encouraging one another’s starvation and offering weight-loss tips.

“It was a real shock for me,” says Thein, who has shot commercial fashion photography for European magazines. “It’s important for people to know that every teenager can get this information on the Internet.”

Via Washington Post

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I Told You So!

Edited by Corey Moran

I wrote an article just yesterday about how public anorexia and eating disorders have become. Well here is a link to prove it. Buzzfeed is featuring this video today about a girl who videotapes her starvation. Check it out here.

Thinspiration Goes Social

Edited by Corey Moran

Anorexia is coming to the light as a major social problem again. There have always been websites that hosted pro-anorexia groups, clubs and pacts, but the new issue is that these groups are finding their way to social networking sites to build their armys. Thinspiration is a group that encourages unhealthy weight loss, and even gives tips on how to cut fat in no time. These groups are beginning to find refuge on Facebook and MySpace, and are spreading the word to more and more people daily. Originally designed to help people talk about their eating disorders and aid in treatment, they have become a place of invaluable weight loss tips for teens.

Weight loss may not always be a bad thing, as long as it is done in a healthy way. There are ways to get extremely skinny in completely healthy manners!

Thanks to Buzzfeed for the tip.

Coco Rocha Wants You to Look Anorexic

Edited by Saynt

“The look this year is anorexia, and even though we don’t want you to be anorexic, we want you to look it,”

- Coco Rocha loves oxymorons. Do you?

Check out her full story on WWD

The Bat Mitzvah Money Is Being Spent On Everything But Food

Edited by Corey Moran

Sorry ladies, but it’s not the kosher diet that is keeping all the Jewish girls stick thin. Apparently, the biggest epidemic in the Jewish community is anorexia. The original thought was that they were seeking to reach an unrealistic image as most women do, but it turns out that many are doing to get away from “looking Jewish”.  I think that the stereotypical Jewish mother is to blame for always being so hard on her daughter. Anorexia was quoted as “The Addiction Of Choice” for Jewish girls, an dI will say they are much worse addictions, but any addiction at all is not healthy.

If Jewish girls want to escape their Jewish features there are always nose jobs and chemically straightening your hair, but anorexia won’t help those. So all you harsh Jewish mothers out there, quit harassing your daughter about how they look, stop your penny pinching and buy your girls some food!

Thanks to Jezebel and The Huffington Post for the tip.

TrendSpark: The Chest Bone

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Yes skinny is in, duh, but now, all we’ve been hearing about is the chest bone. Last year it was all about the clavicle, but now, judgment will be upon you if your chest bones are not countable. What I mean by this is, even if you have boobs, you should still be able to see the first five bones of your rib cage, then you are considered truly skinny, and fashionable. Here are some ladies that are apparently doing it right:

How ironic Zoe, a wish bone on your chest bone!

I hope everyone knows that I am not supporting this trend, I think this looks disgusting and unhealthy, Rachel Zoe needs to look at herself in the mirror…

Thanks HuffingtonPost