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Retailer Pulls Catalogs With Death Camp-Thin Models—Can We Get Some Pictures? [Body Issues]
Posted on August 28, 2008
The president of a venerable Montreal retailer is pulling some 450,000 of the the store's catalogs because he decided the models were too thin. Says Peter Simons of La Maison Simons, who claims he was on vacation when the catalogs were printed: We are into social responsibility here.... I'm fully aware of what it is and I'm taking full responsibility It's my job to ensure that we are a constructive actor in the community. I should have done better. I should have seen it. Well, holy overblown contrition, Pete, it's not like you asked the models to watch you masturbate like I hear is the re...
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