This & That, Ceci et Cela

All sizes please! An interesting use of legislation.

Jun 12th, 2005 1:00am
In response to growing concern over anorexia and bulimia in local teenagers, the government of Buenos Aires has given fashion retailers six months to stock up on all sizes in its clothing lines for young women, including large sizes. Many chain-stores sell garments that range only from “extra-small” to no larger than “medium”. (The idea that these sizes may be delicately euphemistic was apparently lost on the regulators.) Offending retailers ...

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