Saint Laurent told to modify ad campaign after uproar in France


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Mar 2017

The logo of Saint Laurent is seen in a shop in Milan, Italy May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

PARIS (Reuters) - France's advertising watchdog on Monday said it had asked French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent to modify two ads from its latest campaign after receiving 50 complaints that they were "degrading" to women.

One of the ads features a reclining woman in a fur coat and fishnet tights with her legs spread wide and the other shows a model in a leotard and roller skate stilettos bending over a stool.

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