French Model Isabelle Caro's Death Revives Size 0 Model Debate

Body | Beauty | Culture Isabelle Caro Dies, Reviving Size 0 Fashion Model Debate

The world has learned of the death of fashion model Isabelle Caro, who died last month. Anne has written extensively on the fashion industry, models, female sexuality and the last decade’s desire (perhaps ebbing) to make coathanger women the beauty image for our 21st century world.

Anne writes a new essay, pulling all of her key arguments about what motivates fashion-industry men to seek this desexualized image of beauty together for the first time. Read on.

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