New York State Proposes First Real Underage Model Laws

The fashion industry makes a lot of noise about improving working conditions for underage models while the de facto situation stays more or less about the same, i.e., totally unregulated.  Even designers who openly champion hiring only girls over 18 years old and who at least appear healthy, like Diane Von Furstenberg, sometimes mess up.  Now the New York State Senate is stepping in, proposing a series of laws (key word here — “laws,” not guidelines, like the fashion industry tends to propose and then ignore) that would allow under-18 models to keep working, but with a series of protections in place.