So here's some good food for thought and discussion. Do you agree with the general consensus on the news today that Calvin Klein has overstepped their bounds and that this new ad campaign is tasteless and inappropriate for the streets of New York and anywhere else they choose to display it?
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7854000&page=1 And now, once again, the fashion company is shocking and titillating passersby with a new ad campaign in New York City's Soho neighborhood, a place where young mothers with strollers mingle with artists and hipsters. A giant 50-foot-tall billboard <http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=calvin%20klein%20jeans>advertising Calvin Klein jeans features two young men and a young woman entangled half-clothed (a male and female kissing) as a third man lays at their feet, either undressing or putting his pants back on. Some say they find the ad so outrageous they won't buy Calvin Klein products again. Others have called it "disgusting." .... (click article link to read the rest) Here's a link to the actual TV ad: http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/b--Banned-Calvin-Klein-advert-nudity-sex-fashion-1542.html My stance? I think the general American population is too uptight about sex, but on the flip side, daytime soap operas are almost soft porn. Let's not even discuss night-time dramas. So it all seems a bit of a todo over nothing especially when TV can't even decide where the line is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
