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This goes especially for new, very slim tailor’s dummies. Beat, an organization that battles eating disorders fiercely criticized the producer of said tailor’s dummies. According to the organization the skinny tailor’s dummies will lead to a wrong self-image for vulnerable young men, which will consequently starve themselves.

“Homme Nouveau, the name of one of the thinner tailor’s dummies, has a waist-size of 70 cm and a chest of 90 cm. “While a average British men is 28 cm bigger”, according to Beat. The Homme Nouveau dummies will be released next month.

A spokesman of Beat continues: “More and more men struggle with anorexia and bulimia nervosa and search for help. Contrary to common belief, men can develop eating disorders just like women, because they want to meet a certain beauty ideal. “Boys struggle witch the same insecurities about their body and self-image as women” states Beat. Unrealistic examples, like these tailor’s dummies and influence from other media put them under pressure.

Teenage dummies
According to the producer of the dummies, the body form of the tailor’s dummies are based on the physique of regular teenage boys, who are not anorectics. “They are perfect to show skinny jeans and other tight clothes, which are quite popular these days.”