The skeletal models stalking the catwalks at Fashion Week in Sydney this week have been so painfully thin they’ve raised eyebrows, even in fashion circles.
But while girls are reportedly collapsing backstage and fashion bloggers are being forced to use Photoshop to cover up runway stars’ protruding bones, prominent Australian designers are insisting they use super-skinny models because there simply aren’t any others.
We think it’s time models went back to what they were in the 1990s – slender, toned, healthy-looking girls, not the bony waifs of today. Here are our favourite 1990s models.
Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Helena Christensen in the 1990s.
Cindy Crawford modelling for Versace in 1992.
Helena Christensen modelling Todd Oldman’s Fall collection in 1994.
Claudia Schiffer modelling Chanel in 1993.
Karen Mulder in the 1997 Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
Stephanie Seymour in the 1996 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
Naomi Campbell modelling Gianni Versace in 1999.
Stephanie Seymour modelling Todd Oldman’s Fall collection in 1994.
Linda Evangelista modelling Calvin Klein in 1995.
Christy Turlington modelling Donatella Versace in 1998.
Naomi Campbell modelling for Victoria’s Secret in 1997.
Even Kate Moss, the poster girl for ‘heroin chic’, isn’t as thin as today’s models.
Kate Moss modelling Miu Miu in 1995.
French model Ines de la Fressange modelling Chanel in 1984.
Iman modelling Oscar de la Renta in 1989.
Skinny models at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
