FKA Twigs’ Calvin Klein ad banned for making her a ‘sexual object’ — Kendall Jenner’s deemed acceptable

nypost.com:

A Calvin Klein ad featuring FKA Twigs has been banned across the pond after the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority concluded it portrays the singer as a “stereotypical sexual object.” The poster, which came out in April, shows the 36-year-old wearing a denim shirt that only covers one-half of her body, leaving the side of her butt and some of her other breast exposed.

FKA Twigs strategically holds her hand in front of her breast so that her nipple is covered. The slogan “Calvins or nothing” appears at the top of the image.

The ASA claimed it received complaints from two about the ad, claiming it was “offensive and irresponsible, because they objectified women; and inappropriate for display in an untargeted medium.”Therefore, the group determined that the “image’s composition placed viewers’ focus on the model’s body rather than on the clothing being advertised” and that her “physical features” had “presented her as a stereotypical sexual object,” according to a ruling revealed Wednesday.Since the ad is “irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence,” the ruling states that it “must not appear again in the form complained of.”Two of Kendall Jenner’s Calvin Klein ads, where she appeared topless, were also investigated but were ultimately found not to have breached any of the ASA’s advertising rules.

One of the questionable images, also released in April, shows Jenner topless with her hands held across her bare chest, and a pair of jeans on her bottom half.