Indian fashion frat's got the size right

New Delhi: The showcasing of spring-summer 2007 designer wear is in full swing from New York and London to Madrid and Australia.

But apart from clothes and buyers making headlines this time is the issue of banning models who are too thin to be considered healthy.

However, the fashion fraternity is India is not overtly bothered with the issue.

The International fashion circuit has been rocked with, let’s call it, the skinny model debate - should models who are too thin to be possibly fit, be kept off the ramp.

In the ongoing Madrid fashion week, five models were rejected on the grounds of being too thin.

Though there have been no more such rejections, International bodies of opinion have supported this call, including the Indian Health Ministry.

So should we start worrying about Indian models too?

“No, they're the healthiest,” says MTV veejay, Anusha Dhandekar.

And designer Rohit Gandhi puts in, “No, they hog.”

But isn't it the designers who set the measurements for that rail-thin body to hang their clothes on?

“No, they just need to carry clothes off nicely,” says designer JJ Valaya.

The standards according to the organisers of the Madrid Fashion Week is a five-foot, nine-inch model with a body weight of at least 125 pounds.

Indian models tend to agree with this standard and are quite concerned with the image they project.

“The models shouldn't be anorexic,” says model turned actor, Arjun Rampal.

And finally, is a ban the answer to give youngsters better body models?

“No, that’s not the answer,” says Anusha and veejay Rahul Khanna agrees.