A Calvin Klein commercial that includes musician FKA twigs has been banned for being more likely to trigger severe offence by objectifying ladies.
The poster, launched in April, featured the singer sporting a denim shirt that was drawn midway round her physique, leaving the aspect of her buttocks and half of 1 breast uncovered.
The textual content on the advert learn: “Calvins or nothing.”
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) obtained two complaints that the pictures had been “overly sexualised”, offensive and irresponsible as a result of they objectified ladies and had been inappropriately displayed.
It agreed with the complaints and banned the advert, saying the poster centered on “the model’s body rather than on the clothing being advertised”.
“The ad used nudity and centred on FKA twigs’ physical features rather than the clothing, to the extent that it presented her as a stereotypical sexual object,” the ASA added.
Calvin Klein defended the advert, saying it was much like these it had been releasing within the UK for a few years.
The vogue model mentioned FKA twigs, who it described as a “confident and empowered woman”, had collaborated with Calvin Klein for the advert and had authorised the image earlier than publication.
It added that every one “conventionally sensitive” physique areas had been absolutely lined and the topic was in a pure and impartial place.
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The ASA didn’t ban two posters from the identical marketing campaign that includes mannequin Kendall Jenner following complaints on the identical grounds, discovering that they didn’t concentrate on her physique in a fashion that portrayed her as a sexual object and the extent of nudity was not past that which individuals would count on for a lingerie advert.
Calvin Klein and FKA twigs have been approached for remark.
Source: information.sky.com”