Bill Keller Apologizes for Cintra Wilson calling JC Penney Shoppers "Fat and Tacky"
source: http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/08/bill_keller_wishes_cintra_wils.html
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Stick thin Cintra Wilson, blogger/ "Critical Shopper" for the NY Times, was recently insulted that JC Penney opened a flagship store in the glamorous and skinny streets of New York.
On Wednesday August 12 Wilson wrote in the Times that
"It took me a long time to find a size 2 among the racks. There are, however, abundant size 10’s, 12’s and 16’s."
she continued the rant by even bashing on the mannequins.
"[I]t has the most obese mannequins I have ever seen. They probably need special insulin-based epoxy injections just to make their limbs stay on. It’s like a headless wax museum devoted entirely to the cast of “Roseanne.”
Most readers, the thin and the thick, were insulted and executive editor Bill Keller, whos mother is a frequent shopper of the store, wished the article was never published. However there was no immediate problem since the writing was considered to be her own style.
On Wednesday August 12 Wilson wrote in the Times that
"It took me a long time to find a size 2 among the racks. There are, however, abundant size 10’s, 12’s and 16’s."
she continued the rant by even bashing on the mannequins.
"[I]t has the most obese mannequins I have ever seen. They probably need special insulin-based epoxy injections just to make their limbs stay on. It’s like a headless wax museum devoted entirely to the cast of “Roseanne.”
Most readers, the thin and the thick, were insulted and executive editor Bill Keller, whos mother is a frequent shopper of the store, wished the article was never published. However there was no immediate problem since the writing was considered to be her own style.
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