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Controversial Advertising

Advertising is all about grabbing your attention to intise you into buying a product. These days brands push the boundaries more and more to catch the publlc's eye leading to many advertising campaigns being banned. Many of these adverts use nudity to grab the attention of consumer. This is often used when advertising for purfumes or colognes, the opposite sex is used to lure the consumer. Tom Ford is know for his contorversial advertising, with many of his adverts being banned due to there sexual nature. Tom Ford worked as creative director for Gucci and Saint Laurent and later launched his own lable 'Tom Ford'. Ford's campaigns have been critisied as sexist and objectifying women. Ford responds to crisitsm by saying he's" just as happy to objectify men".