A Matter of Taste

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. [Click through to photo]

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~ by eÆsthete on 04/25/08.

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