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Victoria's Secret Display Upsets Mall Customers
Racy Window Display Not Likely To Go Away
POSTED: 6:47 pm EDT October 4,
2005
UPDATED: 12:27 pm EDT October 5,
2005
TYSONS CORNER, Va. -- A racy store window display at Tysons Corner mall has upset some customers.It's not only what the mannequins are wearing at Victoria's Secret but how they are posing that has dozens of Fairfax County residents making complaints to mall management and the store. The window display, titled "Backstage Sexy," features bare-bottomed mannequins in provocative poses and suggestions of bondage. On Monday there were two female mannequins lounging on a bed. There was just one mannequin on that bed Tuesday."My husband likened it to Amsterdam on the Potomac," said Suzanne Zolldan.
The store is located in the newly opened Tysons Corner Center addition in a section geared toward young people. The play area is just upstairs from the store, and teen shopping hot spots are nearby.Zolldan took her complaints to the company that owns Victoria's Secret, Limited Brands.
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"I went on their Web site and I was shocked," she said. "They have written by the CEO they are a values based organization. I don't know where those values fit. Not in our suburban community. I think they've gone way over the top."Those who've lodged complaints want the display removed immediately, but that's not likely. In response to the complaints, a spokesman for Limited Brands told News4, "What we're trying to do is feature the products we sell. Our intent is to display fashion lingerie."Tysons Corner Center management declined to be interviewed by News4. In a written statement, they said they value comments from customers and have shared the feedback with the Victoria's Secret corporate office.
"I went on their Web site and I was shocked," she said. "They have written by the CEO they are a values based organization. I don't know where those values fit. Not in our suburban community. I think they've gone way over the top."Those who've lodged complaints want the display removed immediately, but that's not likely. In response to the complaints, a spokesman for Limited Brands told News4, "What we're trying to do is feature the products we sell. Our intent is to display fashion lingerie."Tysons Corner Center management declined to be interviewed by News4. In a written statement, they said they value comments from customers and have shared the feedback with the Victoria's Secret corporate office.
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