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Fashion Companies to Stop Working with Very Thin Models
Two of the world's biggest luxury goods companies will stop working with fashion models that are too thin.
The agreement, signed this week by the French companies LVMH and Kering, seeks to protect the health of fashion models. The agreement will affect well-known brands including Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and others.
The companies' agreement meets – and goes beyond – the requirements of a new French law.
That law, which will start on October 1, requires male and female models to show health certificates received within the past two years.
LMVH and Kering said their new agreement would shorten that requirement to six months.
LMVH and Kering also agreed to ban the use of female models who are below a French woman's size 34. That is similar to a U.S. size 0-2 and a U.K. size 6.
The two groups said they hoped to set a new standard for the fashion industry.
"We hope to inspire the entire industry to follow suit, thus making a real difference in the working conditions of fashion models industry-wide," Kering CEO Francois-Henri Pinault said in a statement.
Unlike the French law, the agreement will apply to the international Kering and LVMH brands.
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词汇解析
1.working with 与...合作
I was working with a guy from Manchester.
我与一个来自曼彻斯特的小伙子一起工作。
2.fashion models 时装模特
The girl is familiar with the names of the famous fashion models.
女孩熟知著名时装模特的名字。
3.seeks to 设法；企图
In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output.
为了获得最大利润，这家公司会把产量增至最大。
4.making a difference 有影响；起作用
I believed that I can make a difference in this world.
我也坚信我世界一定会因我而不同。
内容解析
1.That is similar to a U.S. size 0-2 and a U.K. size 6.
be similar to 与...类似
My opinions are similar to his.
我和他的看法相似。
Again the pregnancy was very similar to my previous two.
同样，这次怀孕和我前两次的情形非常相似。
2.The companies' agreement meets – and goes beyond – the requirements of a new French law.
meets the requirements 满足...要求
The company's products meet the requirements of environmental protection.
本公司的产品符合环保要求。
In order to meet the requirements in these respects, facsimile transceivers have been devised.
为了满足这方面的需要，人们设计了无线电传真收发机。
参考译文
奢侈品两巨头联合抵制过瘦模特
全球两大顶级奢侈品公司将停止与过瘦的时尚模特合作。
本周，法国奢侈品集团LVMH（路威酩轩集团）和开云集团（Kering）签署了这份协议，该协议旨在保护模特的身体健康。该协议还将影响迪奥、古驰、路易·威登、马克·雅可布及其他顶级品牌。
这两家公司签署的协议符合甚至高于法国新法律的各项要求。
新法律将于10月1日生效，其要求男女模特提供2年内的健康证明。
路威酩轩集团和开云集团指出，新协议将健康证明的有效期缩短至6个月。
路威酩轩集团和开云集团同意，不再聘用身材小于34号（法国标准）的女模特。法国的34号约等于美国的0-2尺码和英国的6号尺码。
两大集团指出，他们希望建立一套全新的时装业标准。
开云集团首席执行官弗朗克斯·皮诺特（Francois-Henri Pinault）在声明表示：“我们希望激发整个产业来遵循这项标准，从而对整个时装业的氛围产生真正的影响”。
不同于法国法律，该协议仅适用于全球所有开云集团和路威酩轩集团的品牌。
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