Italian unions had criticised the modelling in COIN department store windows as "degrading."

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Models appearing in shorts and bikinis in the window of the Coin department store in central Milan caused a stir over the weekend, with Italy's trade unions denouncing the mechanization of the human body, Reuters reports.

"Let's be clear, we're not against the sale, or a free-market economy, or against consumers. But we want to defend the decency of workers and the intelligence of customers," the union said in a statement Friday.

The models briefly disappeared from the windows but were back on view on Saturday, this time holding signs saying "Modeling is also a job." （点击路透社网站查看原文）

真人泳衣模特引争议

       路透社消息，上周末在米兰市中心的科恩商场里，真人模特在橱窗前展示短裤和比基尼引起骚动，意大利工会谴责了这一将人体商业化的行为。

       工会在周五的一份声明中称：“我们的意思很清楚，我们不反对买卖，不反对自由市场经济，也不反对消费者。但我们想要捍卫工人的尊严和消费者的智商。”

       这些模特很快从橱窗前消失，但周六又开始展示，而这次他们举着一个牌子，上面写着：“模特也是一种职业。”

(China.org.cn July 20, 2011)