A gruesome window display featuring bloody mannequins at Barneys department store in New York City was ordered to be removed after complaints were made. The controversial display included fake blood-splattered windows and the mannequins, wearing Helmut Lang and A.L.C. fashions, posed as if fending off attackers. The display was removed on July 21, 2009.http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/22/2009-07-22_bloody_mess_as_barneys_kills_display.html
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Barneys window on E. 61st St. in Manhattan
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Mannequins posed as if being attacked, blood-splattered windows
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Mannequins wore Helmut Lang and A.L.C
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Creative director of Barneys said he was away while the displays were created
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The displays were taken down after the New York Daily News inquired about them
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Displays taken down on July 21, 2009
