Even if we should act to keep worryingly thin models off the catwalks, writing new laws is not the best way to do it. Laws are a blunt instrument which cannot consider what is best in the case of each individual model. And fashion is an international business; unless all countries sign up to the same laws the problem will not be solved. Instead the fashion industry should develop its own voluntary code, to which all the leading designers and agents are committed. This will ensure willing cooperation with new rules, and also work across the whole world.