Credits: Women’s Rights News
“Store mannequins in Sweden. They look like real women. The US should invest in some of these.”
A clothing store in Sweden is being hailed by women around the world after a photo of two surprisingly curvy mannequins were photographed and posted online.
Dressed in skimpy lingerie, the mannequins displayed softer stomachs, fuller thighs and generally more realistic proportions than the traditional department store models. For comparison, most mannequins in the U.S. are between a svelte size 4 or 6—a departure from the average American woman who is a size 14.
On Tuesday, a blogger at Women’s Rights News posted a photo of the department store mannequins to Facebook and the response was overwhelming. “It’s about time reality hit…” wrote one out of almost 2,500 commentators. “Anybody saying these mannequins encourage obesity or look unhealthy, you have a seriously warped perception of what is healthy. I guarantee the “bigger” mannequin in the front there represents a perfect BMI” wrote another. As of Thursday, the photo had garnered almost 50,000 likes and shared almost 15,000 times. That’s a lot of attention for a hunk of fiber glass and plastic.
There were rumors that the mannequins were on display at H&M in Sweden but a spokesperson told Shine: “The image is not from an H&M store. At this time, we are not using this type of mannequin, but we do not rule of the possibility of doing so in the future.”
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Shine from Yahoo!
