Zero

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[Zè-ro] n. Absence of quantity; by extension, the starting point or minimum level on a value scale.

If 2024 was the year of Ozempic, 2025 is when the consequences of the new wonder-drug became impossible to ignore. On the runway and the red carpet, the size Zero standard of the early 2000s, also known as an Italian 36 or European 32, clearly made a comeback. The semblance of body positivity seen in previous years has faded, bringing increasingly thin silhouettes and beauty standards reminiscent of heroin chic back to the forefront. Once again, it seems like everybody wants to be thin, and choosing to remain a size 42 or 44 feels like a political statement.

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