The marketing strategists at Calvin Klein have come a long way from featuring Marky Mark in his underwear. Now the design house is coming under heat this week for a “provocative” billboard the company is using to peddle jeans.
The billboard, which is on display in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, features a young-looking topless female model lying chest-to-bare chest with a male model that has his hand in her pants. She, of course, is kissing a second male model while another one watches from the floor below.
I am not too sure what all the hub-bub is surrounding that situation as I often find myself in the same situation at the Dame’s Christmas parties and company picnics. However, some New Yorkers are in an uproar.
“’It’s borderline pornographic’, said neighborhood resident Lisa Marchese, 36, a marketing specialist. ‘They all look so young, particularly the girl. And to portray them in a threesome – it’s just taking it too far.’”
Please note that these comments are being made by a person who is living in a city where I once witnessed a foursome on the street involving a woman, a drag queen, a midget and some kind of exotic animal. And it was noon on a Tuesday.
So what do you think kittens? Has Calvin taken it too far this time?
I think it’s a bit much also. Tired of all the sex in ads anymore. That and “stupid” commercials will stop me from buying their products faster than anything else!