Monday, August 22, 2005

Dolce & Gabbana's controversial ad campaign

Even during the heyday of racy Calvin Klein ads, they stayed away from pubic hair. The jeans were supertight and there was skin — lots of it. As waistlines plunged and zippers were opened, the photos that followed pushed the boundaries in teeny-tiny steps. A navel here. An underwear band there. By today's standards, that was a lifetime — not a decade or two — ago. The daring duo at Dolce & Gabbana has dropped the boundaries several inches. Their fall 2005 menswear line, which debuted on the Milan runway in January and now appears in print ads and stores near you, includes jeans that plunge so low that they've been dubbed "pubic pants." Runway models had spent time with a bottle of Nair. But the guys in print ads — debuting in Esquire — without cracking a smile, play peekaboo with their hair down there.
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