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Are models getting younger?

The fashion industry’s overarching body has supported restrictions on models younger than 16 working at fashion shows.

The manager of the Australian Fashion Council, Zoe Edquist, said events such as Australian Fashion Week and the Melbourne Fashion Festival were an “adult environment” and younger teen models should be chaperoned.

She was responding to an interim report released this week by the British fashion industry panel’s Model Health Inquiry that recommended banning models under 16 for London Fashion Week.

Do you think young girls should be able to model at Fashion Shows? Should there be an age limit? Or should we be addressing other more pressing issues when it comes to fashion? Have your say!

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