Verbatim: Mar. 4, 2007

"We don't see anorexic. The girls are skinny. They have skinny bones." —Karl Lagerfeld, shrugging off concerns that runway models are too thin

"I have never liked thin girls, and I have never made them go on the catwalk." —Giorgio Armani, speaking out against the fashion industry's use of "size 0" models

"I wanted to lose a few kilos recently, as I'm heavier than I was 20 or 30 years ago. It's really convenient to be thinner. I didn't eat for a day and a half, and the scales moved a little." —Vivienne Westwood, British designer, about the pressure she feels...

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