Anna Wintour taking action?

In today's NY Post, there was an item about Anna Wintour, and how she is spearheading an effort to address the issue of anorexia in the fashion industry.  Specifically, the NY fashion industry wants to preempt any attempt to regulate the modeling industry as occurred in Madrid, where a minimum BMI was required of all runway models.

The article says:

"Anna held a symposium on the issue, and she's planning another meeting this week," said one model agency chief. "We would much rather come up with a way of self-policing ourselves than have regulations rammed down our throats."

Of course they'd prefer to self-police.  But this is the industry that created the problem in the first place.  Can they really come up with an appropriate and healthy solution when many designers believe that they need clothes hangers with legs to effectively model their clothes on the runway?  Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani and Valentino are among the most vocal offenders.  Prada and Gucci are among the most visible. 

Hopefully, the Americans will be smarter about the health of the young women who model than the Europeans.  And hopefully, self-policing will be enough.  If a model were to collapse at a show during New York's Fashion Week (as did Luisel Ramos during Fashion Week in Uruguay), there's no doubt that the government would step in. 

Both the models and the customers need to be protected from the unhealthy practices of the fashion industry.