H&M Under Fire For Using Thin Models

Posted on March 15th, 2012

March 8, 2012 - DailyMail.com - By Deborah Arthurs



High Street store H&M has come under fire today for its use of a model some have said is so thin as to be 'corpse-like'. The model was used in PR material for the clothing giant's Marni campaign, the latest high profile designer collaboration to be launched by the firm. But some have complained that 26-year-old Aymeline Valade looks 'ready to collapse'.

In the photographs, Aymeline wears a three-quarter-length sleeve jacket and pencil skirt which highlight her slender wrists and waist. Some observers have criticized the choice of styling and make up for the model, saying that her pale complexion, hollowed cheeks, dark eyes and unkempt hair make her look yet more unhealthy.

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