Call it "Urban Chic," call it "Grunge," call it "Fashion Underground." Yes, fashion is fun, always has been, and, hopefully, always will be a welcome diversion from....
But... how did your editors miss the cigarette in the hand of the model in the polka dotted dress? Any amateur in front of a computer could have deleted it.
It is great to see models who are not anorexic and I can even handle the tattoos. But the cigarette, no, emphatically no! Check out the statistics on smoking-related deaths. My daughter is a researcher and even our present administration has not cut her funding for anti-smoking research.
You in the media still have some editorial responsibility
