An Yves Saint Laurent ad in Elle UK magazine has been banned for featuring a model who is “unhealthily underweight.”
The Advertising Standards Authority says about this picture:
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The ASA considered that the model’s pose and the particular lighting effect in the ad drew particular focus to the model’s chest, where her rib cage was visible and appeared prominent, and to her legs, where her thighs and knees appeared a similar width, and which looked very thin, particularly in light of her positioning and the contrast between the narrowness of her legs and her platform shoes. We therefore considered that the model appeared unhealthily underweight in the image and concluded that the ad was irresponsible.
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The picture in question:
Do you think this is a positive move to ban these kind of pictures? France also started to ban pictures with thin models, UK is following.
(Just to add, I know this girl, she is from my home town and that's how she is and always was and eats fine. Obviously she herself is upset cause it's her body and she is not sick)
