FKA Twigs Slams the Ban on Her Calvin Klein Ad: ‘Double Standards’

FKA twigs doesn’t agree that her new Calvin Klein ad, which has been banned in the United Kingdom, portrays her as a “stereotypical sexual object.” In fact, after “reviewing other campaigns past and current of this nature,” the musician and actress wrote in a statement that she “can’t help but feel there are some double standards here.”

The ad in question is captioned “Calvins or nothing” and features a black-and-white shot of twigs standing in profile and facing the camera with a shirt draped around her nude body. According to The Guardian, the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority banned the image after only two people complained about it.

“The ad used nudity and centred on FKA twigs’ physical features rather than the clothing, to the extent that it presented her as a stereotypical sexual object,” the ASA’s statement reads, per The Guardian, adding that the “image’s composition placed viewers’ focus on the model’s body rather than on the clothing being advertised.” As a result, the institution decided the ad was “irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence.”

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