France’s advertising regulator has ordered the fashion house Saint Laurent to remove posters of extremely thin models in degrading poses after an outcry over their appearance around Paris. Stephane Martin, head of the advertising regulator ARPP, told AFP that his organisation had received 120 complaints about the way the posters depicted women. Britain’s advertising watchdog banned a Saint Laurent advert two years ago that featured a model who appeared to be unhealthily underweight. The latest campaign was created in-house by Saint Laurent, which is under a new Belgian designer, Anthony Vaccarello, whose debut collection featured a dress that exposes one breast. Saint Laurent has declined to comment.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 13:52 UTC