In a case of double-standard hypocrisy which will surprise no one, last week a Calvin Klein advert featuring FKA twigs — originally released last April — was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after all of two (two!) complaints. In the image the singer is pictured naked, but for a denim shirt caressing her perfectly honed hourglass figure, suggestively falling off her. So far, so Calvin Klein. The brand has been making blue jeans borderline X-rated since Brooke Shields was 15.
The crassness of the ruling — pictures featuring Kendall Jenner from the campaign were not banned, and here one has to consider potential racist bias too — felt even more acute given that it was announced days after Jeremy Allen White had gone viral prancing around a rooftop in his tighty-white Calvins.
