I was also interested to see the perspective you took on the issue by linking together the size and age of fashion models. This is not something that I had previously considered. It is completely accurate that “a 12 year old doesn’t have the income to buy a $7,000 jacket…so, why does the fashion industry continue to promote…their ideas through an identity that off the runway or photo shoot, does not resemble…the women who can actually afford to buy these items?” Reconciliation of the real world and the fashion industry would seem to solve the problem of an inaccurate portrayal of fashion models. Using realistically sized models at an age relative to the product and target audience seems to make complete sense. Do you think that this is something that the fashion industry would ever be able to accomplish? I question this because as you note in your entry, even when the industry admits that “a size fourteen is actually the average size of the American woman,” they instantly turn around and deem a size four too large to act as a sample size. What should the next step be, do you believe, beyond the new committee; do you feel that it is up to the consumers to take a stance in order to see progress, perhaps through an editorial or garment boycott? It might take the fashion industry to suffer a financial hit before they will step into action. What is necessary to get the voices of regular women everywhere heard in order to be accurately translated into the fashion industry? You speak for many when you ask, “Can’t we all unite…and merge the dichotomy of the real world and the fashion world into one? The answer is dependent upon every person involved in all aspects of the fashion cycle.” Thank you again for your strong words on the issue of size and image in the fashion industry; hopefully, changes will be made sooner rather than later.