We’re in the middle of the first heat wave of the season, which means your wardrobe probably consists mostly of lightweight, breathable clothing. But last weekend, one Michigan woman faced some serious backlash for what she wore to the mall on 90° day. 
 
 Hannah Pewee, a college student at Grand State University, spent her Saturday shopping at the Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, wearing standard summer attire: denim cutoff shorts and a Finding Nemo tank top which read “Just Keep Swimming.” 
 
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 Allegedly, an anonymous mall guest reported Pewee to mall security for “inappropriate dress,” and she was promptly kicked out of the shopping center. 
 
 “As many of you know, it is NINETY degrees outside today in West Michigan. Aka, really hot. So, of course, I decided to dress for the weather: shorts and a tank top. But apparently, how I was dressed was too slutty for the public, as I was kicked out of the Woodland Mall today,” Pewee captioned a photo of her outfit on Facebook, which has since gone viral with more than 10,000 likes and 7,000 shares. 
 
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 Pewee went on to say when she was asked to leave the premises, she was surrounded by “plenty of girls” within a “one foot radius” dressed just like her. “I am so angry right now I’m shaking. I felt so embarrassed I almost cried,” she said. “All because a stranger didn’t like how I dressed.” 
 
 Not long after her post, hundreds of people came to the woman’s defense on Facebook 
 
 “The Woodland Mall should be ashamed of themselves, as well as that anonymous complainer. It’s my body, and it’s hot outside! I’m not going to show up in jeans and a sweater, sorry,” Pewee continued. “Don’t like it? Look away! I was out having a fun time with my sister and next thing I know, I’m out on the street. Slut-shaming how girls are dressed is deplorable and outdated, and it needs to stop.” 
 
 According to a second Facebook message posted by Pewee, a representative from the Woodland Mall called her to apologize following the incident. 
 
 “Alright, so I talked on the phone with the someone on the management team at Woodland and they apologized for what happened yesterday. Apparently they’re going to revise their clothing policy on their website so it is clearer what is and isn’t acceptable. In addition, security will be discussing how to properly handle situations like this,” she wrote, adding, “I want to thank everyone for the supporting messages, it really helped, especially when so many people were more than ready to tear me apart. Thank you all so much ❤️ Hopefully some good can come out of this all!” 
 
 A representative for the mall also commented on her original Facebook note with the message above. 
 
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 A Grand Rapids, Michigan, woman says she was asked to leave a local mall on Saturday for wearing what any woman might wear on a sweltering summer day. Hannah Pewee shared a photo of her outfit and a rundown of her experience at Michigan's Woodland Mall. 
 
 "Apparently some anonymous person reported me to MALL SECURITY for inappropriate dress and I was kicked out," she explains. "Never mind that within a one foot radius there were plenty of girls dressed just like me, since it's NINETY degrees outside. I am so angry right now I'm shaking. I felt so embarrassed I almost cried. All because a stranger didn't like how I dressed." 
 
 She goes on: 
 
 The Woodland Mall should be ashamed of themselves, as well as that anonymous complainer. It's my body, and it's hot outside! I'm not going to show up in jeans and a sweater, sorry. Don't like it? Look away! I was out having a fun time with my sister and next thing I know, I'm out on the street. Slut-shaming how girls are dressed is deplorable and outdated, and it needs to stop. 
 
 More than 650 comments and 7,300 shares later, Pewee's post becomes the latest example of dress code policing that tends to disproportionally target women in warmer months. 
 
 The Woodland Mall's code of conduct states only the following in regards to customer dress: 
 
 Appropriate attire, including shirts and shoes, is required. Clothing with inappropriate words, phrases or graphics is not permitted and is subject to mall management approval. 
 
 Excluding attire worn in accord with religious practice, tradition or significance, deliberately obscuring the face is prohibited. 
 
 As Pewee noted in a second Facebook post shared later on Saturday, the code has no policy stating expectations for length of shorts. 
 
 If there is such a strict policy, that needs to be *public information*, not something security officers spring on unsuspecting customers. Especially with summer coming around, there's going to be a lot of girls like me, going to the mall and not knowing their breaking some secret dress code. 
 
 Pewee has since spoken with Woodland Mall management, and has received an apology for the way she was treated: 
 
 The mall also issued a public apology to Michigan Live: 
 
 We apologized to the shopper and the public for the way that this was handled. We've already spoken to her and are working to make things right. We work to create a fun and safe shopping and dining destination but failed to deliver on that message for this shopper. We're working internally to make sure we fully deliver on excellent experiences at our Mall immediately. 
 
 Pewee tells Mashable that retailers should be aware that "times have changed." 
 
 "Style has evolved and they need to be aware that people are going to dress how they want to dress," she said. "If public malls want to have a dress code, that's their choice, but consumers need to be made aware of this dress code so we can decide whether or not we want to shop there."
– A woman wearing nude-colored flats, a Finding Dory tank top, and cutoff jean shorts was kicked out of a mall in Michigan on Saturday for breaking dress code—even though it was 90 degrees outside. So Hannah Pewee took to Facebook to share her version of what happened at Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, and her story got noticed, with thousands of shares and likes and hundreds of comments, mostly coming to her defense. "Apparently some anonymous person reported me to MALL SECURITY for inappropriate dress and I was kicked out," she writes. "Never mind that within a one foot radius there were plenty of girls dressed just like me, since it's NINETY degrees outside." She described herself as shaking and on the verge of tears. Mashable calls it "another day, another woman scolded for wearing clothes." Pewee, who People reports studies at Grand State University, says she was enjoying the afternoon at the mall with her sister when she was told to leave. In a Sunday Facebook post she wrote that mall management called her to apologize and will be revising Woodland's dress code, which at the time vaguely stated, "Appropriate attire, including shirts and shoes, is required." In a comment on her post, Woodland Mall apologized, writing, "We dropped the ball on this one," and adding that it never intend to shame or embarrass anyone. Indeed, "slut-shaming how girls are dressed is deplorable and outdated, and it needs to stop," wrote Pewee, who hopes "some good" can come out of her much-publicized experience. (These girls weren't allowed to board a plane because they were wearing leggings.)