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Swedish high street fashion chain Lindex has been hit by an online storm after a woman’s complaint about their “hooker-like” clothing range for young girls went viral.
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@Svensksmith Do not give ideas to Ulrika Messing. It is not fair for Lindex.
Or lets say, I'd act to a lady as she is a hooker, and I could say: Ops. your cloths are like hookers ...
Come on, you don't like these cloths for your 9 years old daughter, don't by them. If there are "really" 55000 others that "like" and do as you (and they also have children around this age), then the company will change the line to cope with this market. if there is still a demand, they make their products as they do now. This is called free market economy.
I`m going to take a wild guess and say that I don`t think that all those 55000+ have a nine year old daughter.
Sweden is the country where almost eerything is forbidden, Why do you think we have a dictatorship?
It says a lot more about the mother, as she apparently has time to be concerned over irrelevant things like this. Unless she dresses like her own parents did at her respective age, it might be worth it to accept that styles change and people dress differently as time progresses. I'm sure stuff she wore herself at younger ages has been called inappropriate, tramp- or hooker-like by others.
Free publicity? Childrens author, just realises after 9 years that Lindex is selling inappropriate clothing and posts about it, gets mentioned in the news by name and her job.
Brilliant self marketing!