--- description: U.K. retailer Topshop will stop using unrealistically thin mannequins in its stores after one shopper posted a complaint to Facebook title: U.K. Fashion Retailer Drops Skinny Mannequins image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.K. Fashion Retailer Topshop Drops 'Ridiculously Shaped' Mannequins After Complaints by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 7:49 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 7:49 AM CUT British high-street retailer Topshop has agreed to stop using [unrealistically thin](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/27/topshop-mannequin-customer-complaint-facebook "undefined") mannequins in its stores after a shopper’s complaint went viral. Laura Berry posted a photo to Topshop’s [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=392076674326665&set=o.59672929326&type=1 "undefined") page of a “ridiculously shaped” mannequin at a store in a shopping mall in Bristol, reports the _Guardian_, and said the company was showing a “lack of concern for a generation of extremely body conscious youth.” “We’ve all been impressionable teens at one point, I’m fairly certain if any of us were to witness this in our teenage years, it would have left us wondering if that was what was expected of our bodies,” wrote Berry, a customer-service assistant from Gloucestershire, England. Topshop says the mannequin is based on a standard U.K. size 10 (U.S. size 6), but Berry points out she’s not sure that it even looks like a U.K. size 6 (U.S. size 2). “Perhaps it’s about time you became responsible for the impression you have on women and young girls and helped them feel good about themselves rather than impose these ridiculous standards,” Berry said. Topshop responded to the post publicly saying the mannequin was “not meant to be a representation of the average female body,” but said it was “not placing any further orders on this style of mannequin.” \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/27/topshop-mannequin-customer-complaint-facebook "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/"},"headline":"U.K. Fashion Retailer Topshop Drops 'Ridiculously Shaped' Mannequins After Complaints","datePublished":"2015-07-28T07:49:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:14.313Z","description":"The company has been accused of showing a lack of concern for body-conscious youth","url":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/","keywords":["Living","facebook","Body Image","beauty","fashion","United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/","name":"U.K. Fashion Retailer Topshop Drops 'Ridiculously Shaped' Mannequins After Complaints"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Female Artist's Foray into Male Modeling","description":"Casey Legler is an artist, a former Olympic swimmer and now a male model. She describes her entry into the fashion world and why the industry is allowing for a unique moment to happen","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/o84z5syI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-11-19T21:52:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o84z5syI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/","duration":"PT3M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3974322/topshop-mannequin-thin-body-image/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```