5 resolutions to transform the fashion and beauty industries

5resolutions.blogspot is the blogging location for the insidebeauty site, created by fashion model Magali Amadei and writer Claire Mysko.

These authors offer 5 resolutions to transform the fashion and beauty industries:

1. Educate our audience

We recognize that our industry sets trends and influences millions. We take that power seriously. We will celebrate the true spirit of fashion and beauty with healthy messages and images. We are aware that girls are especially vulnerable to the idealization of thinness and the drive for perfection, and that it is critically important to set positive examples for future generations.

2. Educate ourselves

It is imperative that we learn from tragedies like the recent death of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston, who succumbed to anorexia. We will align ourselves with trusted experts to ensure that all members of our industry are prepared to recognize the signs and symptoms of eating disordered behavior.

3. Take responsibility

We are deeply troubled that eating disorders and poor body image have reached epidemic proportions around the world. While we acknowledge that these are complex issues with no single cause, we will do our part to respond proactively because we know that some sufferers are young models and many others are our consumers.

4. Take action

We understand that eating problems do not always appear in the form of skin and bones, and that every sufferer should receive support and referrals. We will reach out to those in need. We will also participate in the creation of ongoing industry-wide programs, events, and awareness-raising campaigns rooted in honesty and compassion.

5. Stay connected

We believe the best way to bring about change is to bring the most passionate, open-minded, and creative people together. Therefore, we will form a network of professionals dedicated to holding the fashion and beauty industries to the highest standards of integrity and social responsibility.

Amadei and Mysko shouldn’t kid themselves that these 5 resolutions will work.  A disease is not cured by ignoring the cause.

I will offer my own 5 resolutions to tackle the negative influence of the fashion industry:

1. Educate our audience

 …about the gay/sodomite influence.

2. Educate ourselves

...about the nature of anorexia.

3. Take Responsibility Assign responsibility

Stop wasting time blaming the media.  There are people behind the media.  Hit the bull’s eye: pin the blame on the homosexuals in the fashion business. 

4. Take action

Force the homosexuals, via legislation, to prove that their skinny models are healthy and not dieting.  Don’t waste time with awareness-raising campaigns targeting fashion industry professionals.  The homosexuals know fully well why they select skinny models...if the models weren’t skinny and masculine teenage girls, they wouldn’t come close to looking like boys in their early adolescence.

One should also preferably avoid banning skinny models.  Some girls/women are naturally skinny.  Why should they be denied an opportunity to model if there is a demand for them among industry professionals?

5. Stay connected Bring together people with...

...passion, open-mindedeness, knowledge and the guts to say the truth.  This team can do better than try to hold the fashion and beauty industries accountable: help set up an alternative fashion industry and give the homosexuals some competition.