{"id":9405,"date":"2012-05-31T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=9405"},"modified":"2012-05-31T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T12:28:21","slug":"naked-model%e2%80%99s-seductive-ysl-opium-advert-is-8th-most-complained-about-in-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/naked-model%e2%80%99s-seductive-ysl-opium-advert-is-8th-most-complained-about-in-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Model\u2019s Seductive YSL Opium Advert Is 8th Most Complained About In 50 Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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YSL Opium Advert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, the Talent Management bloggers<\/a> have been reminded of Yves Saint Laurent’s iconic Opium ad featuring model Sophie Dahl naked on a bed of navy satin.<\/p>\n

The team here loved the then red-headed, plus-sized model<\/a> posing seductively in nothing more than gold strappy heels and jewellery, and found it both empowering and refreshing to see healthy curves in a beauty ad.
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\nHowever, not everyone agreed with us \u2013 the now infamous perfume ad, released in 2000, has just been revealed as the eighth most complained about advert in the last 50 years.<\/p>\n

A new survey released by the Advertising Standards Agency showed that there were an astonishing 948 upheld complaints insisting the image was too sexually suggestive.<\/p>\n

Dahl herself, however, seemed to have a similar view to the agency, having said: “I think the photograph is beautiful… it was seen as being anti-women, when in fact I think it is very empowering to women.”<\/p>\n

Tom Ford, who at the time had just become YSL\u2019s Creative Director, said that he hoped the advert would serve as a reminder of the brand’s history of sexual provocation and female liberation, while also being shocking enough to boost the then struggling house\u2019s status in the fashion world.<\/p>\n

Whether you were offended by the ad or not, we think you\u2019ll agree it served its purpose well, having become an image synonymous with YSL. Ah, the power of a naked model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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