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 AUGUSTA, Maine – A lingerie shop has stopped using live models to
draw attention and customers after one of its models received harassing
phone calls, the store’s owner said.
Spellbound drew protests _ as well as window shoppers _ when it began using
live models who dressed in lingerie and posed in the storefront windows
shortly after the shop opened on Water Street last fall.
Some suggested that the women brought life and beauty to the street, while
others said using scantily clad women in storefront windows was morally
reprehensible. A group calling itself Christians Lovingly Advocating Decency
protested in front of the store on Valentine’s Day weekend.
from Seacoast Online News
It’s easy to see how live lingerie models could change the whole way
American men look at a trip to the shopping mall. It makes a lot of sense;
although a kinky minority may be able to get excited about display window
mannequins (see
the Plentyhorse story), most American males will watch attractive women in lingerie
more intently, mindlessly and tirelessly than even football.
Unfortunately, an unbalanced few (fished from the same pool as the mannequin
freaks) feel forced to go further and ruin it for the rest of us.
Don’t we feel that this is a gross display of sexism, demeans women
in general and these models in particular, and is emblematic of the decline
of moral values in our increasingly commercial culture?
Not really. The human form reigns as God’s greatest creation. As
long as the genitals are covered, we see no reason beyond Puritanism,
provinciality
or priggishness to ban public displays which would merit no more than
a PG rating should they appear in a movie.
Artists at least since the times of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
reveled in the revealed human body. Maybe if the lingerie shop
were in Najaf, say, or Islamabad the community standards would be different,
but we say that in a 21st century free country it is a shame we can’t
enjoy live lingerie models at a store near us.
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November 21st, 2007 at 6:00 am
Live lingerie model? Wow, I’ve never seen it before. Now with these stalkers I guess I’ll never will. Damn, some people just ruin it.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
That sucks because I just moved to Augusta Maine. I can see why it would be a problem here though.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Just buy all your lingerie online from our store instead!
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 am
Owning a lingerie store you gotta promote. Just buy all your lingerie online.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Of course someone needs to ruin it! Such creepy people out there. Great marketing tactic though.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
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April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Oh wow! Well… as said before, buying lingerie online has become very popular!
August 31st, 2008 at 3:50 am
Live Lingerie Models? wow, so… Great.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:03 am
maybe lingerie from China is helpfull:
http://www.china-lingerie.com
September 6th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Just buy all your lingerie online from our store instead!
November 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
live lingerie models is something really great
but the stalkers suck
November 12th, 2008 at 2:14 am
What was a nice idea can be easily ruined by just one individual. Ohh well their is always online stores Trashy Kinky Lingerie
March 12th, 2009 at 7:03 am
it’s interesting how people think. the mind can be very imaginative
April 29th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Great post as usual, long time lurker here, first comment! Thanks for the great blog.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Uplifting, not diminishing…that should be the goal. I think it was a clever idea for the store to come up with.
July 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Definitively it is a perfect trick to sell, especially such kind of stuff as lingerie. I see often in malls some stores use live model, but lingerie – it is HOT
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