The skinny on models

Too fat. Too skinny! when will the fashion world settle?

How is it even possible to have imposed a standard of beauty for over the past forty plus years, and then switch from one minute to the next?

Now the Italian government is stepping in and intervening with a new law that will regulate the sizes of women who strut the catwalk, and encourage designers to add larger sizes to their
collections, "declaring war on the waifs".

Those signing on to the campaign pledge that the fashion world will start giving importance to "a model of healthy, sunny, full-bodied Mediterranean beauty that Italy has historically contributed" to the international scene.

Is this really the way to go?
Government imposing on fashion? What about government controlling
movies? or censoring music? where should it begin? where should it stop?

I'll be the first to admit that fashion (especially high fashion) caters to
a smaller framed woman. But is this a bad thing? or should couture be available to any and everybody?

Shouldn't the government also be meeting with the skinny police? the bookers of the agencies? While it is a great attempt at touching the surface, it won't completely stop the problem.

Fashion is art. You cannot force someone to create a sculpture in a certain way, nor should the government impose restrictions on a designers collection. Is high fashion even created for the "masses"? Aren't there specialty stores that cater to the petite? the plus sized or the tall?

This is NOT the way to go.