One of the London papers this morning featured an article on the use of skinny models in fashion and how the French have just passed new legislation to try and tackle the issue, which I think it's great. There is a big difference between naturally petite girls whose weight is perfectly healthy for their size and body built, like Kate Moss, and those who starve themselves to death to work in fashion, be socially accepted, or simply to emulate some celebrity without considering whether their bodies will be able to cope. It's just crazy!

That's why, although at Caradiaz we look at the fashion industry for reference, we don't actually follow all the trends and wouldn't have an under-age, under-weight model working for us. Our model, Marian Masiá, is an attractive, perfectly healthy, 26 year-old Spanish Law Graduate who has a full time job but loves fashion and she does some modelling on the side when she can.

I myself discovered my love for fashion in my late teens and was lucky enough to do some modelling in the late 80s. I particularly loved doing the fashion shows. For me, it was all about the clothes, rather than how you looked, and my weight was never an issue. But times were different then and so were beauty canons. Models like Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz or Cindy Crawford, to name a few, looked like real women, whereas today's so-called 'models' are just skinny children in make-up and fancy clothes.