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The Barney’s in NYC thought a good way to herald their “Dressed to Kill” savings would be to have mannequins being murdered, with splattered blood, in their storefront window. Pics here.

The windows, in a vestibule along E. 61st St., appeared blood-splattered and included white mannequins – wearing long black dresses by Helmut Lang and A.L.C. – in poses that suggested they were fending off assailants.

Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys, said the displays were installed while he was away overseeing advertising shoots and that he had ordered them dismantled.

They were taken down shortly after the Daily News called to inquire about them yesterday afternoon.

“We encourage our display people to be creative. We give them a lot of latitude, but this clearly crossed the line,” he said. “It’s as if someone saw a bad Hitchcock movie.”

“I don’t see it as that. I don’t see any weapon or anything,” said Joyce Sanders, 55, of Harlem. “And I would know; I watch a lot of ‘CSI.’”

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