Actress Lena Dunham says she is "deeply disappointed". Revolve overturned the goal of acceptance: a line of clothing was supposed to be passed on. (Photo: Jordan Strauss, Invision / AP)

A sweatshirt Lena Dunham was a source of outrage on social networks after many saw it as "shame". The actress "Girls" has a say.

Revolve, a Los Angeles-based fashion retailer, announced on Wednesday a new short-sleeved LPA sweatshirt. It reads: "BEING FAT IS NOT BEAUTIFUL It's an EXCUSE."

Tess Holliday, a positive body model, shared a screenshot of gray sportswear with her 81,000 Twitter followers: "@REVOLVE is nothing." (The online retailer has since removed the list.)

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The garment immediately triggered indignation. Dunham, who collaborated on the subject with the LPA brand of her friend Pia Arrobio, joins the critics.

The star, writer, and producer of HBO's "Girls," said the controversial piece was part of a line of clothing she'd been working on for months to "highlight quotes from prominent women who had experienced Internet traffic. " The sweatshirt that goes around the internet presents a quote for the larger model Paloma Elsesser.

"It's a cause that is dear to my heart and the profits were meant for charities that help young women by allowing them to express themselves through writing and art," he says. Dunham wrote in a long article on Instagram.

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She said that Revolve had mistakenly posted images of the sweatshirt on "white and thin women" without his knowledge, ruining the goal of acceptance and highlighting "the lack of diversity in the representation".

"As a result, I can not support this collaboration or lend my name in any way," said Dunham. "I am deeply disappointed by @ revolve's management of a sensitive topic and by a collaboration based on the retrieval of the words of the Internet trolls to celebrate the beauty of diversity and the bodies and experiences that are not the norm of the industry."

USA TODAY has addressed Revolve for a comment.

Despite Durham's explanation and the intention to demonstrate how intimidating can be harmful, the project's message seems to have been lost to social media users.

A Twitter user said, "Let me guess!" This shirt was designed to "encourage people to lose weight but not make fun of them. BS! I can not wait for the excuses! "

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Another user stated that the labeling of any type of body was "disgusting".

A Twitter user stated that there was "no need for an apology" for your identity.

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