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Target apologizes for label on plus-size dress ("Manatee Grey" dress)
My Fox NY ^

Posted on 04/05/2013 8:33:04 AM PDT by Perdogg

Some Target shoppers say a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as "manatee gray" was insulting.

The label for the same dress in smaller sizes described it as "dark heather gray."

The color switch-a-roo was noticed by online shopper Susan Clemens, who promptly captured images of the color titles and tweeted it at Target.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxny.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fashion; obesity; retail; target
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1 posted on 04/05/2013 8:33:04 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


2 posted on 04/05/2013 8:33:24 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Perdogg

Fatties need to get over their fat selves....sheesh, another certified victims group.


3 posted on 04/05/2013 8:35:48 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: Perdogg; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Salamander; humblegunner; TheOldLady

I guess “Corpulent Crimson” is out of the question?

(Porcine Purple?)


4 posted on 04/05/2013 8:36:31 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Perdogg

Is this where the wookie gets her tents?


5 posted on 04/05/2013 8:36:38 AM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Perdogg
At least they didn't call it Elephant Grey.
6 posted on 04/05/2013 8:37:09 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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For some reason I find this quite hilarious.


7 posted on 04/05/2013 8:38:29 AM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: Perdogg
Man, include a 'width' tag in your html. Like 'width=600" or something like that. A pic that big at full size messes the board up a little. Like this-
8 posted on 04/05/2013 8:41:04 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Perdogg

If I were Target I wouldn’t even worry about it. The overwhelming number of Americans (judging by the results of the last election) who even know what a manatee is is probably quite small.


9 posted on 04/05/2013 8:42:21 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Perdogg

10 posted on 04/05/2013 8:42:23 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Perdogg

I remember when I was a kid, there was an actual section of the little girls dress department called “Chubettes.” I bet they don’t have THAT anymore!


11 posted on 04/05/2013 8:43:29 AM PDT by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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To: shibumi

Lard Ass Lavender.
Obese Orange.
Porky Puce.


12 posted on 04/05/2013 8:44:07 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: shibumi

Bovine Blue?


13 posted on 04/05/2013 8:44:23 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Rio

So do I.


14 posted on 04/05/2013 8:44:26 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: illiac

No...that would be Omar’s Outlet.


15 posted on 04/05/2013 8:44:53 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: Nea Wood

Sears “Husky” brand.


16 posted on 04/05/2013 8:46:07 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: servo1969

Now that’s what a “heather gray” manatee looks like! LOL


17 posted on 04/05/2013 8:46:43 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: Perdogg

18 posted on 04/05/2013 8:46:45 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Perdogg
There actually is a gray color called "Manatee Grey". Glidden uses it for paint. And there is a dark heather gray.

Being a male, I really only recognize 4-5 colors. But it amazes me the thousands of color names there are out there.

I couldn't find a dark heather grey paint. There were dark heather grey clothes, and they looked like lots of different greys to me.

Manatee Grey:

Heather Grey:

Grey Heather:

19 posted on 04/05/2013 8:46:47 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Perdogg

Sea Cow Crimson?


20 posted on 04/05/2013 8:47:51 AM PDT by mc5cents
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