recently a french lingerie brand created a range for tots this has created widespread furore the lingerie line targets kids in the age group of 412 the jours apres lunes website displays revealing pictures of young girls wearing panties and bras on its website soon after the pictures were put up parent groups and fashion media expressed concern and shock the pictures of kids wearing bikinis are far from decent and are certainly inappropriate surprisingly the designer of the lingerie line sophie morin feels no remorse and wrote an open letter to a fashion magazine saying all i wanted to do was offer underwear that is soft and pleasant to wear that is suited to their age and that wasnt an extension of womens labels which are often vulgar one look at the picture and anybody is sure to dispute her claims she further adds the materialshave no vulgar connotation they are totally opaque nothing transparent the style is inspired by childrens fashion with spots bows etc though she takes refuge in the way the photos are shot what the girls are wearing clearly depicts vulgaritythough young girls wearing panties and tshirts are still acceptable why include the bra which is undeniably provocative and beyond inappropriate which child needs a bra if she designed to make kids fashionable then making a toddler wear a bra was uncalled for in another case 10yearold child model thylane lenarose blondeau from the ivory coast appeared on the cover of vogue enfant she who has a series of modeling assignments linedup many believe is the next big sensation what more social networking sites and microblogging sites have dedicated a page to her a child prodigy no doubt however whats disturbing is that in a few of the pictures shes shot for shes made to look seductive wearing stilettos jewellery and heavy makeup a little too much for her age this only shows her mature than she actually isare children growing up too soon or should the parents who push them into such assignments be blamed for the act looks like childhood too cannot escape the wrath of the dirty real world erin mugavero director of pr for two womens contemporary womens fashion brands in new york expressed in disbelief as a 10 year old there is no way that she does or should know the ramifications of what she is doing and the message that she is being used as a symbol of sex sells and this child is being used as common currency i hope her parents soon return to their senses and realize that no amount of money is going to undo the damage that they are doing to their daughter beautiful she is a sex object she is not she feels that bringing a child into such a vulnerable hyperexposed role in such a merciless industry as high fashion modeling is absolutely abusive the two cases clearly goes to show that the fashion world is bent upon depicting kids as sexualized