Yves Saint Laurent receives criticism for ‘porno chic’ campaign
The photos depict models wearing roller skates in suggestive poses that France’s advertising authority say are ‘incitement to rape.’
Yves Saint Laurent is facing heavy criticism for its latest poster ad campaign that many say crosses a line.
In one poster, a thin model wearing a leotard is bent over a stool wearing high-heel roller skates. In the other, a woman—also in roller skates—is featured wearing a fur coat and fishnet stockings from a between-the-legs angle.
The posters in question made their rounds on social media:
@YSL Tout y est : culture du #viol, #soumission, #objectivation, #infantilisation invisibilisation et invitation à l’#anorexie ! pic.twitter.com/ozBDHQKtrL
— sophiasept (@sophiasept) March 4, 2017
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