Anorexia V Obesity?

'What I designed was fashion for slender and slim people'- Karl Lagerfeld 2004

Last week the designer Karl Lagerfeld opened his mouth once again and I really wish he wouldn't have. Surely this guy would have the sense to shut up after 'those' comments made regarding his H&M line. If you were asked to design for a high street shop surely it would enter your head once in a while that you are designing for the masses and making fashion accessible, i.e. for girl's size 12+. Why Lagerfeld thought he would only be designing for size 6-10's confuses me.
There is also the fact that he was once overweight, so if he has experienced that, what right does he have to judge? He has even stated that he doesn't regret the way he looked.

So this time he has been fighting back against the notion that anorexia is linked to fashion. Personally I wouldn't even think that this idea was worth commenting on. You just have to think about how many models have died from anorexia to realise Lagerfeld comment is unjustified.
Fashion may not be the cause, but there will always be a link. Unfortunately he does make a point about the lack of attention towards girls who are obese- so maybe he thinks by excluding size 12+ from his collections he is encouraging girls to loose weight, and his eyes become 'beautiful'.

In 2006 around 24% of adults in England were classified as obese, compared to only 1% of the population that were seen to have an eating disorder. I don' think it is realistic that every time an issue comes up about anorexia, obesity is brought into it. They should be seen as separate issues and dealt with in different ways- one is not more important than the other.