They should have seen it coming.A controversial sweatshirt reading, “Being fat is not beautiful, it’s an excuse,” is no longer for sale, following days of backlash and public outcry. The product, sold by Los Angeles-based retailer Revolve and part of a collaboration collection by brand LPA and others such as Lena Dunham, was pulled from Revolve’s site on Thursday.Revolve issued a statement on Instagram Thursday evening. “We messed up big. We are SO SORRY for hurting and offending you,” the statement read, noting that the apparel collaboration was meant to “shine a light on the darkness of the internet by printing real-life, damaging comments that could have been left on the social media feeds of women everywhere.”
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