Sicko Grotesques Strut British Runways, Say Docs

At the start of London’s Fashion Week, British psychiatrists called for a government crackdown on pro-anorexia websites, up fivefold in over two years according to a study by an internet filtering company.

But the internet has not completely usurped the retailing of poor body images to teenaged girls; the chair of the eating disorders section of the Royal College of Psychiatrists told Reuters, “the catwalks of international fashion events such as London Fashion Week can act as a showcase for underweight women” too. Economic problems or not, you’re still in the game, old-school fashion industry.

(Pic: London Fashion Week 2009, Getty.)