Barneys New York took a cue from Zoolander and dressed up their mannequins like homeless people — complete with park bench and garbage can.

OMG Blog has the photos and the story:

During my most recent visit to New York, I stopped by Barneys New York for a little shopping, and upon stepping out of the elevator at the Coop floor, this is what faced me: Mannequins with sad clown faces dressed up as homeless people (albeit in expensive duds).

The scene is so accurate down to the last detail that I did a triple take before uncontrollably saying something out loud about how ****ed up it is. We offend people every day here at !! omg blog !! but I think Barneys has us beat with this store display. Which part of “Taste. Luxury. Humor.” is this?

The display has shock value in spades but we can’t help but feel that at a time when many people are at risk of losing their homes, the message is in poor taste.

(via Racked)