Advert showing naked model cleared
A PERFUME ad featuring the model Cara Delevingne posing naked has been cleared following complaints that it objectified women and was on display near churches and mosques.
The poster for Tom Ford Black Orchid appeared in East London and showed Delevingne lying naked on her front.
One person complained that the ad was inappropriate for display where children could see it and where it was close to churches and mosques, and another believed it was degrading and objectified women.
Responding to the complaints, Tom Ford Beauty said the ad was “sensuous but not sexual”, and Delevingne’s pose and facial expression were classical.
They reasoned that the ad was not subject to any placement restrictions because it was not sexually suggestive, adding that the poster appeared in a “hip urban neighbourhood in which commercial advertising of a similar artistic aesthetic was common”.
The company said the ad was about 100 metres from the closest mosque and more than 300 metres from the closest church, and not near any schools.
The Advertising Standards Authority said the ad was not sexually explicit but was sexually suggestive. But a placement restriction was unnecessary because it was not posted within 100 metres of a school.
It said: “Whilst we understood some may have found the image distasteful because of the nudity shown and implied, we considered the image itself was unlikely to cause serious offence.”