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Urban Outiftters, what were you thinking? Who would have thought that t-shirts could be so controversial. This week the high street retailer is under fire for selling t-shirts saying 'Eat Less' - a sentiment that many-a-fashionista may adhere to but would never publicly admit.

Although the company has responded by taking the products down from their website, according to The Cut the t-shirts are still available in stores. Many are arguing that this was nothing more than a stunt to gain some press attention. Although that's a cynical approach, it does make sense particularly since we all witnessed the negative press that Kate Moss recieved after saying, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels".

What do you think?

At the New York Public Library’s event ‘Close-Up on Grace Coddington’ this week, Grace Coddington, Vogue’s Creative Director, expressed concerns over the fashion industry's attachment to very young, thin models, in an intimate conversation with former Men's Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Jay Fielden.

Coddington, a former model on the sixties London scene, said “It is a big problem. I remember when I was young, they told me that if I didn't lose weight I'd be out of the show, so I spent a week living off of coffee. But I'm a very levelheaded person. These problems nowadays are with kids much, much younger than that, and that's most of the problem; when they're very young and vulnerable.”

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