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People aren't too happy about this suit company using half-naked women in their ads
The campaign has just started and it’s all kicking off.
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ON TUESDAY, DUTCH menswear company Suit Supply launched their new ad campaign for 2016 – and it hasn’t gone down well.
The new campaign is called ‘Toy Boys’. In just a few days it’s come in for a lot of criticism.
Why? Well, it’s a series of shots of male models in suits
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With various half-naked women in suggestive poses
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And some shots show lads sliding off the female models as well
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It quickly came in for widespread criticism on Twitter
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With people claiming that the shots are straight-up sexist
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The controversy has already been covered by many Dutch outlets and Buzzfeed - but the company themselves haven’t responded to the criticism.
People have been threatening to take away their custom though
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Suit Supply have had to respond to accusations of sexism in the past – so they are well used to it
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We’ll have to wait and see how they handle this one.
Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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