LONDON (NEWSCORE) - Dakota Fanning's pose in a Marc Jacobs' perfume ad was ruled too sexy for the UK and has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, E! News reported Wednesday. In the photo, the 17-year-old actress holds a large bottle of Jacobs' "Oh Lola!" perfume between her legs as she stares seductively at the camera. "The length of her dress, her leg and position of the perfume bottle drew attention to her sexuality. Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualize a child," the advertising watchdog said in a statement.
Are we even talking about the same picture? Can't be right, like there's got to be other pictures besides the one above? Because the one above is a photo of a 17 year shot in bad lighting who looks washed out and is holding some kinda of vase/flower combo for no apparent reason...In other words its the complete opposite of sexy.
See, this is the problem with artsy-fartsy types, they'll read into something whatever they want to read into it and then all of a sudden every one buys into it because the artsy-fartsy people said so. In no way whatsoever is the above photo sexy. None. The length of her dress? I'd classify that as completely normal. Her legs? Yes people have legs. The position of the vase thingy? If you're reading anything into that you're a complete perv. Like where else is she going to hold it? Straight out towards the camera like a goober? In front of her like shes show casing it on the Price is Right?
No. What you have here is a perfectly bland picture of a 17 year old who used to be a child star, and a bunch of adults having trouble coming to grips with the fact that someone who used to be cute when she was like 8 and in movies speaking better than most full grown adults, is now a little more grown up. If your first thought about that photo is "I'm uncomfortable" or "damn she looks sexy," then there is something inherently wrong with you. My first thought was, "sheesh that's an ugly photo."
And just to play to the internet audience, here is an actual sexy ad, I think you'll see the difference between the two:
