PARIS-Famous fashion designer Coco Dior from Paris has come under fire for using skeleton robots in her spring 2016 collection although she said in 2014 she "would like to use extremely skinny real life models."
The models Dior used in her most recent show were all remote-controlled skeletons made from stainless steel.
"A lot of girls develop eating disorder because they work towards the body shape of catwalk models. Skeletons on a runway would add fuel to the flame to the problem and young girls might refuse to eat anything at all and starve to death," said Gena Garner, leader of the eating disorder charity Eat More!.
Dior lambasted Garner for critics on her and argued that the focus is on clothes during the show. She claims models should be walking clothes hangers leading to the decision to use skeleton robots for her big runway show.
Dior said that using robots instead of model is also very cost-effective. "You do not have to pay thousands of dollars for one model you just have to pay a bit for electricity," says Dior. "If you use real life models, they might start to suffer under anorexia and you might get blamed from the public. But robots don't complain and are perfect walking clothes hangers."
Dior's collection earned a mixed initial reception, with charity groups complaining of "promoting anorexia" or the fashion industry hailing it as "the skeleton revolution on the catwalk."
Show participants were impressed by the show. "There were no disturbingly thin models and I could enjoy the show with good conscience. I enjoyed the fiber art ," said a fashion design student from IFA Paris.
Holly Harper (25), a former thin model, changed her career to a plus-size model. "I am glad that skeletons replaced us. Now I am a plus-size model and eat whatever I like. Today I had a whole New York cheesecake!When I was a thin model I could not even have wild fantasies about chocolate bars because that would scare me to death," she said. "Now I am very happy with my career as a plus-size model."
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