London, Oct 26 : A debate on the size of the models has once again been reopened after one of Britain''s leading fashion designers declared that she is unable to find models big enough to wear the clothes in her latest fashion show.

Maria Grachvogel, who was preparing her catwalk show at Claridge''s, made a request for size 10 models, but she was told by agencies that only size 8 or smaller models could be provided.

In the five years since Grachvogel last staged a catwalk show, the accepted standard model size was an 8-10 and now it has shrunk to a 6-8.