Certainly, no one expects the mannequins at high-end lingerie purveyor La Perla to be anything less than thin and perfect. But when they used a mannequin with exposed ribs, that was a step too far for too many. Customers began calling out the mannequin with the hashtag #NotBuyingIt (it looks like the hashtag has been co-opted by a bunch of other things as well) and the brand was pressed to respond.
The anger over the mannequin, which critics blame for furthering the unrealistic and downright harmful body images that are pushed upon women, spilled over onto many of the Twitter
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