It has nothing to do with me!

There is this comment from the movie "Devil Wears Prada" (one of my favourite movies!), which Melinda Priestly, the intimidating and incredibly successful editor of the fashion magazine Runway, makes to Andrea, her new intelligent and "fat" assistant. "You think this has nothing to do with you. .... It's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when you are wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room."
I must say that I thought much the same way as Andrea. The movie made me rethink my opinion of the fashion industry. Heck, let's atleast give them credit for all the hard work! But an article that I read today in the paper made me feel disgusted at the commercialization of it all. The article mentioned that 14 and 15 year old girls were more and more in demand today. If you're 20 and a model, you are "old".

1. It's fine if you are of majority age (18) and you decide to go kill yourself cat walking (well, replacing food with nicotine amounts to pretty much that) but leave the kids alone please! Let them grow up and be emotionally and mentally ready to face the big blaring world. Nothing short of cradle-snatching, this.
2. The models are called so, because they are just that - "model"! It's the "ideal" thing. When has it ever happened that what you drew on the paper and what ultimately materialized were exactly the same?
3. To the Donatella's and Gucci's of the world, I bow before your superior creativity and acute business sense (seriously!) But please bear in mind the impact your demanding that "thin" models wear your clothes is having on young impressionable minds.

With all due respect to the multi-billion dollar fashion industry, it has nothing to do with me!!