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NEW YORK — Did Minnie Mouse do a catwalk cleanse?
For a brief moment in Barneys New York’s upcoming holiday window display, Minnie becomes a long, lean high-fashion model — and the skinny Minnie is drawing some criticism.
The Barneys display puts Disney characters on the runway in front of animated versions of industry bigwigs in a short film that features Minnie’s daydream sequence strutting her stuff in Paris in a hot-pink, ruffle-covered Lanvin dress.
Daisy Duck, Cruella De Vil and Goofy get similar insta-slim treatments.
The makeovers have prompted several online petitions targeting Barneys and Disney for perpetuating the skinny-model image for which the fashion industry has been criticized many times over.
