--- title: UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week description: Seven plus-size models came together at London Fashion Week on September 14 to protest the industry’s fixation with thinness. canonical: https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/ author: Kastalia Medrano article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-15T20:03:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:23.621Z og:title: UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week og:description: Seven plus-size models came together at London Fashion Week on September 14 to protest the industry’s fixation with thinness. og:url: https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d1c64380161db/6988a633ab6d774fed6ab3c4/london-fashion-week-plus-size-models.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5220 og:image:height: 2936 og:image:alt: Chairs around catwalk set for fashion show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week twitter:description: Seven plus-size models came together at London Fashion Week on September 14 to protest the industry’s fixation with thinness. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d1c64380161db/6988a633ab6d774fed6ab3c4/london-fashion-week-plus-size-models.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Sep 15, 2016 8:03 PM UTC  Empty rows of chairs around catwalk Empty rows of chairs around catwalk Getty Images by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Sep 15, 2016 8:03 PM UTC Seven plus-size models came together at London Fashion Week on September 14 to protest the industry’s fixation on what’s [often perceived as unhealthy thinness](http://time.com/3770696/france-banned-ultra-thin-models/), particularly among women. [According to the _London Evening Standard_](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/models-protest-outside-london-fashion-week-against-size-zero-obsession-a3345146.html), the models stopped traffic on Brewer Street in Soho, outside the building where Fashion Week will unfold. Their protest used the ideal of a [size zero as a focal point](http://motto.time.com/4283728/unhealthily-thin-model-banned-gucci-ad/), noting that designers create sample sizes that only run up to a size six (closer to a four in standard U.S. sizes), despite the fact that this [isn’t realistic or representative](http://time.com/3667580/mattel-barbie-earnings-plus-size-body-image/) – the average UK woman wears a 16. The women included model and disability advocate Kelly Knox, 32, and model Iskra Lawrence, 25, who wears a size 14\. Another protester, 27-year-old student and plus-size model Jada Sezer, told the _Standard_ that one of their goals was to have designers be required to produce samples up to a size 12. “The fashion industry’s argument is the cost, but can you put a cost on people’s health?” Sezer said. “The plus size industry is the fastest growing industry at the moment, it’s lucrative so it doesn’t make sense.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/"},"headline":"UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week","datePublished":"2016-09-15T20:03:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:23.621Z","description":"Seven plus-size models came together at London Fashion Week on September 14 to protest the industry’s fixation with thinness.","url":"https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d1c64380161db/6988a633ab6d774fed6ab3c4/london-fashion-week-plus-size-models.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kastalia Medrano","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d1c64380161db/6988a633ab6d774fed6ab3c4/london-fashion-week-plus-size-models.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chairs around catwalk set for fashion show","caption":"Chairs around catwalk set for fashion show","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/","name":"UK Models Protest 'Size Zero' at London Fashion Week"}}]}] ```