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.’
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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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