Lingerie store La Perla has been forced to remove a mannequin from its New York store after a customer complained about its skinny, anorexic appearance. The mannequin, shown in the image above, was photographed by Michael Rudoy on Monday May 12th 2014 and quickly caused outrage when it went viral on Twitter and other social media networks. He wrote on the social media site: ‘How does #LaPerla think ribs on a mannequin is ok?!’ Only hours later the shop display mannequin, which was wearing a red swimwear set and clearly showed a jutting rib cage and concave stomach, was taken down by a member of staff. Other Twitter users also expressed their disgust at the skinny image, with one user @LisaAnnSpringer, saying: unacceptable! #NotBuyingIt #eatingdisorders kill! #MAEDvocates #IEDAction As well as removing the mannequin, La Perla got in contact with Mr Rudoy over Twitter. Thank you for bringing this to our attent
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