Brigitte Magazine (German Publication) has announed it will no longer use stick-thin models for its pages. It will now be using real women! It makes me want to learn how to read German. If only American publications woud follow suit. I think some of the credit can be given to the Sartorialist- the popularity of that blog has started a trend with less-polished models (or at least not air-brushed). The Advertising Age article also mentions that "a group of French politicians have introduced legislation demanding that magazines put warnings on airbrushed adverts and photo spreads to alert readers when an image has been retouched to change a person's physical appearance." Voila! Finally some traction on using women who look like women, not X-rays with nipples.
