Models wear creations from German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld’s

France's lower house of parliament today adopted a groundbreaking bill that would make it illegal for anyone to publicly incite extreme thinness

Fashion industry experts said that the law, which would apply to magazines, advertisers and websites, would be the strongest of its kind anywhere

Valerie Boyer, from the ruling UMP party, proposed the new legislation which she said would give judges the power to imprison offenders and fine them up to 30,000 euros (£24,125) if convicted of "inciting others to deprive themselves of food" to an "excessive" degree

The National Assembly approved the bill after the legislation won unanimous support from the ruling conservative UMP party. It will go to the Senate within a few weeks

French lawmakers and fashion industry members signed a nonbinding charter last week, on promoting healthier body images

Spain banned ultra-thin models