'Myth of Narcissus: economic lifeblood of the catwalk' by Lia Darby is a poorly constructed and argued article. She uses vague and unreferenced examples, ('recently in a seaside town in France', 'in the many fashion magazines') and the progression of her ideas isn't clear and doesn't lead naturally to the conclusion she obviously wants us to draw. The central premise of 'Myth of Narcissus: economic lifeblood of the catwalks' is that the ideal of beauty …showed first 75 words of 1287 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1287 total…statement 'excessive vanity leads to self-destruction' and goes on as if this is the main premise she aims to prove and most of her arguments do seem to lead in this direction, albeit in a confused way. By relating unrelated things, anorexia, body building and women's magazines and confusing the issue of whether our vanity is innate or learned she confuses her audience and ends up presenting a very weak case for modern day Narcissism.