
I am two big to fail: fired gal
Fights ax ‘over the size of her boobs’
By REBECCA ROSENBERG and DAN MANGAN
Last Updated: 11:20 AM, May 22, 2012
They sell sexy undies — but for the ultra-religious owners of a Manhattan lingerie company, one curvaceous clerk was too hot to handle.
Busty blond Lauren Odes says the Orthodox Jewish owners of Fifth Avenue lingerie company Native Intimates canned her because she was “just too hot” for their Midtown showroom filled with skimpy satin and lace underthings.
“I was working in a business that is not a synagogue but is instead selling thongs with hearts that are placed in the female genitalia area and boy shorts for women that say ‘Hot’ in the buttocks area,” fumed Odes yesterday in announcing her explosive Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the wholesaler.
Matthew McDermott
STACKED AGAINST HER: Lauren Odes (above) yesterday announces her federal complaint against Native Intimates, maker of sexy lingerie, which she claims dumped her because the Orthodox Jewish owners were upset over her curvaceous figure.
“Given their business product, I don’t understand why I would be told I was just ‘too hot,’ ” said Odes, 29, who alleges she was sacked by Native Intimates after just a few days of working there last month.
The buxom beauty said she was “appalled” when she was given a red bathrobe to hide her ample figure — and when a female supervisor “suggested that I tape down my breasts.”
“It was very shocking, very humiliating,” she told reporters.
Odes — backed by media-savvy lawyer Gloria Allred — yesterday showed off her impressive physique as she announced her EEOC gender- and religious-discrimination complaint against Native Intimates.
“The company’s treatment of Ms. Odes was particularly ironic considering that it sells women’s undergarments and keeps a showroom with bras, lingerie and other intimate clothing,” Allred said.
“No woman should be told that her breasts are too large, her body too appealing and her appearance too attractive for the male leadership of that company.”
The <span style="font-weight: bold">5-foot-2</span> New Jersey woman said the problem began soon after a temp agency placed her at Native Intimates’ offices as a data-entry clerk and office assistant in late April.
The office features female mannequins decked out in thongs and skimpy bras.
On the company’s blog, there are postings that make clear Native Intimates hopes that its merchandise appeals to the woman looking to show off her assets — and to raise the temperature of her partner.
“Even the way you walk changes when you wear something secretly sexy,” one blog posting drools.
“Wearing corsets and bustiers is sure to get anyone’s heart racing, no matter what the color,” another company posting lustily points out. “Lingerie is a great way for any woman to feel sexier in her own skin. Of course your partner will greatly appreciate it, but it will boost your own confidence knowing you look great.”
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