FKA Twigs’ Calvin Klein Advertisement Banned in United Kingdom for Portraying Her as ‘Sexual Object’
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer FKA Twigs is facing censorship over her appearance in a Calvin Klein advertisement in the United Kingdom.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad featuring the singer wearing a denim shirt wrapped around her and exposing the right side of her body.
The organization claimed 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.” “We therefore concluded the ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offense,” they added.
The ad’s banning comes after only two people complained that the images were “overly sexualized” and objectified women. Additional complaints were lobbed at Kendall Jenner, who appeared in the same campaign that debuted last March, though the ASA didn’t find the same issue as it had with Twigs. “Doing [this campaign] means I can be who I am—A strong woman.
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