Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Fashion Can Get Away with Anything


"The fashion house of Dolce & Gabbana has bowed to outraged European social groups and pulled an ad campaign that critics claimed encouraged violence against women.Is the image, of a man holding a woman to the ground by her wrists as a group of other men watch, offensive or provocative? Should the photo have been recalled or allowed to run? Is simple removal of the picture enough, or is some steeper punishment called for?Can a picture really turn a person into a predator?And where are the clothes that Dolce & Gabbana is trying to sell?"-Buzznet.com

yeeeah....I'm not a marketing major or anything....but yeah. What were they thinking? If it was just the female and the guy holding her down, it could have been a whole kinky dominance scene but...the additional models in the back? Wow. No matter what audience this was intended for, international, public, high end, whatever....bad move.

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