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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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To: Perdogg

Is the SCALE of this change nationWIDE, or is it limited to the LARGEST, HEAVILY populated centers?


41 posted on 04/05/2013 10:20:50 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Only the government can say you’re fat and get away with it. If you tell someone they’re fat.....you’re some kind of criminal.


42 posted on 04/05/2013 10:41:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Salamander

{{{Willies}}}


43 posted on 04/05/2013 11:21:26 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: CatherineofAragon

Hey Now ! We prefer “Reubenesque”. ;-P


44 posted on 04/05/2013 11:23:44 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: rhoda_penmark

That actually makes more sense, LOL.


45 posted on 04/05/2013 11:25:52 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Oops. I meant to spell it “Rubenesque”. My original spelling would just mean having eaten too many Reuben sandwiches.

LOL have a great weekend!


46 posted on 04/05/2013 11:31:06 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: Perdogg

It could have been “Whale Grey.”


47 posted on 04/05/2013 11:47:27 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: rhoda_penmark
" My original spelling would just mean having eaten too many Reuben sandwiches."

LOL

Happy weekend to you, as well

48 posted on 04/05/2013 2:12:43 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Or Hindenburg Gray.


49 posted on 04/05/2013 2:14:23 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

Or Moochelle Grey.


50 posted on 04/05/2013 2:15:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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