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Vicky Jessop

OPINION - It's not just M&S, skinny is back in vogue and I'm fuming

We’ve known it for a while, but still – it’s depressing to have the news confirmed. When it comes to fashion, skinny is back in. This week, retailer M&S kicked up a stink when one of its ads was criticised by the advertising watchdog for being “unhealthily thin.” And it’s true.

Looking at the image (which was of a woman so skinny that her legs look like flagpoles) does cause a Noughties-shaped shudder to roll down the spine.

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