NEW YORK — Every few minutes, one of the thousands of pedestrians on Fifth Avenue will come to a halt at the corner of 52nd Street, seized by the sight of a 15-foot nude statue looming from inside the Skims storefront.
The giant sculpture, designed by artist Vanessa Beecroft, occupies a prominent place inside the Skims store here, and has become something of a visual signature for the shapewear brand, founded by Kim Kardashian and Jens Grede in 2019. A slightly smaller iteration of the…

