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The 'Shameless' Campaign

The 'Shameless' Campaign

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 8 months ago

The advertising campaign launched by the Dutch male clothing company Suit Supply is truly 'Shameless' 

The photos show women in sexually submissive positions - a fully clothed man (in a suit) lifting a model's dress and ‘inspecting’ her vagina; a female passenger reclined in a car whilst the driver (male and dressed in a suit) reaches his hand down towards her vagina; a woman feeling her nipple while the man (again fully clothed) on the sofa beside her looks distractedly into the distance.  

Following a campaign by Women's Views on News, the images have now been removed from the Suit Supply shop in Westfield Shopping Centre, West London, where they had been clearly and inappropriately on view (on posters eight feet high) for everyone to see, including children.

The CEO of Suit Supply issued a statement to customers who found the campaign offensive; 

"Our campaign is called 'Shameless' and is shot by the renowned photographer Carli Hermès. In our opinion the photographs of the campaign are a well-balanced mix of style, humour and sex, the essence of fashion! We fully disagree that our campaign would be obscene and denigrating towards women. On the contrary, the women depicted in the photographs are obviously in the lead". 

Contrary to what Suit Supply says, these pictures are not the ‘essence’ of fashion nor are they artistic. The pictures portray women as nothing more than sex objects, readily available for sex with men. All the research ever done shows that portraying women in this way leads to increased incidents of rape and sexual assault. On that count alone we need this campaign to be stopped.

We would therefore ask you to sign our petition asking Suit Supply to immediately remove these images from all its stores as well as from its website.

 

 

 

Updates

December 2, 2010

Suit Supply thinks they can brush off their disgusting objectification of women as mere fashion and humor. The momentum behind this petition proves they are completely delusional about how we see their sexist garbage.

Reached 100 supporters

December 2, 2010

7 Comments

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mj cart
5 years ago Featured

Obscene image, blown up to wall size, clearly visible from the sidewalk in our local store. Who sees it? The kids on their way to the splash pad around the corner see it. They can't avoid it.

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Sarah Singh
15 years ago Featured

gross. i had to walk past this poster with my 7 year old today and had no idea how to explain it. totally uncalled for.

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mark Mendoza
15 years ago Featured

Disgusting marketing. This isnt edgy its just trash.

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Jennifer Reynolds
15 years ago Featured

who exactly thought this was a good idea?? its 2018 not 1950. get these sleazy ads off the streets already.

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Elena Fletcher
15 years ago Featured

Saw one of these near the bus stop. Had to turn my daughters head away. Literally porn in the street. Fix it.

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Dave Fletcher
15 years ago Featured

Wont be buying from these guys ever again. Super disrespectful.

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lololololol
12 years ago

hah

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