Gap in the headlines again: Mannequins to skinny?

             There has been complaints about how the mannequins look anorexic at GAP stores lately. I have noticed that every time I go to the stores at the mall the mannequins do look skinnier and skinnier. I don't mind them looking skinny or an average person because they want the outfit portrayed as what they want the outfit to actually look like BUT having them being anorexic does not show off the outfits well. I think it is ridiculous when they put a small or medium shirt or pant on the mannequin and they have to put safety pins in the back to make the shirt/pant tighter because it was so large before. Some stores the mannequins aren't average but they aren't anorexic either and I still enjoy looking at the outfits on the mannequin. Seeing them on a non-anorexic mannequin shows me what it could look on myself. I think its wrong having mannequins so small because everyone especially teenagers feel like they have to look a specific way due to pictures on magazines and the celebrities/models. We some times don't feel comfortable in stores in the first place and when you walk in and see a mannequin that is 7 sizes smaller then you, you don't feel as comfortable. My personal feeling what is yours?


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Yves Saint Laurent