Discuss Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement at Knightsbridge suspended

[gosu_smurf]

Seen this ad along orchard road?

The Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore has suspended this Abercrombie & Fitch's (A&F) advertisement at Knightsbridge for breaching local guidelines on decency.

ST PHOTO: DELON HO

 

[gosu_smurf]

Isn't there plenty of other ads that r far more indecent than this?! Kinda ridiculous I think

 

[msnangersme]

What about women in lingerie? Far more lewd?

 

[PWiD]

^ Don't say that stuff. It's totally legit. +1 for any pictures of that.

 

[sinful]

I believe this spawned off from a complaint letter on the straits times forum.

 

[koreanfanboy]

Wasnt it there for like so long alr. I rmb this came up on stomp

 

[pitdog]

All the buzz = so much free publicity

Great deal for Amber and fitch

 

[gosu_smurf]

A reader has written in to The Straits Times (ST) Forum pages questioning the fuss over Abercrombie & Fitch's giant advertisement.

Singapore's regulatory watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore (ASAS), had seen fit to classify the ad as indecent.

The short two-paragraph letter, published today, pointed instead to a poster promoting a local waxing and beauty firm.

Mr Anand A. Vathiyar asked of the regulatory body: "Would ASAS care to assess a truly obscene poster advertising a local firm specialising in beauty and waxing?

He said the "vulgar visual of the poster", commissioned by the company Strip: Ministry of Waxing, is plastered in malls, on lamp posts and as street buntings.

He added: "One cannot fail to see it at The Cathay building and on lamp posts around Great World City, to name two of the places."

asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111001-302591.html

 

[clan_NEt]

bigger picture:

 

[fooledbyrandom]

a few complaints here and there, stomp here stomp there, then this ad will also be removed.