In the Window: Daffy's Shimmies Shoes Down Stripper Poles

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You know what's absolutely awesome? When companies don't simply ignore or deny their images, however awful, but instead turn to embrace them with cheeky ad campaigns or windows, such as this latest masterpiece from the Daffy's in Herald Square.

Busting out with a gallery of mannequin legs entwined with stripper poles, Daffy's brilliantly flaunts their sometimes trashy reputation in exchange for attention to their new crop of shoes. This is despite the discount retailer's close proximity to family-friendly Macy's, but perfectly in tune with the area itself, rife as it is with hawkers of knock-off perfume and the scent of KFC. A few more flashy lights, and we'd have an ode to the old Times Square on our hands.