April 24, 2008


markedly vulgar, transcends the limits of simple bad taste and offends the sensibility of viewers

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BANNED! Tom Ford eyewear ads as reported in WWD

Italy’s advertising watchdog, the Institute for Advertising Self-Discipline (IAP), has banned Tom Ford Eyewear ads from national media. A close-up photo of a woman wearing the brand’s sunglasses with a man’s finger in her mouth was deemed by IAP to be “markedly vulgar” and, as such, it “transcends the limits of simple bad taste and offends the sensibility” of viewers.

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posted by Sean Salmon in advertising, gender, marketing, sexuality 

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9 Responses to “markedly vulgar, transcends the limits of simple bad taste and offends the sensibility of viewers”

  1. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    sounds like clusterflock.

  2. Sean Salmon on April 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    it sounds EXACTLY like clusterflock.

  3. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    we should create an institute for advertising self-discipline.

  4. Sean Salmon on April 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    i am adding this to my to do list.
    there is nothing better than advertising administering discipline to itself

  5. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    yes. or advertising when one disciplines.

  6. Michael Smith on April 24th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    It is his middle finger.

  7. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    you should see the one of the woman eating a popsicle in front of a man’s crotch.

  8. Sheila Ryan on April 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Sean and Deron: When advertising administers discipline to itself, is it kind of like that Max Mosley video?

    Deron: About the woman eating a popsicle: Reminds me of the record store scene in A Clockwork Orange and young Alex’s line about 1:30 into this clip, “Bit cold and pointless, isn’t it, my lovely?”

  9. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I don’t know, I felt kind of warm when I saw it.

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