Maybe I'm a little out of the loop, but last I checked ads like this did not represent fashion. I thought that fashion represented unique clothing and new trends that were out in society-not doing drugs.
This ad is for Sisley fashion which shows two young girls that are very skinny and contributing to that is them doing drugs. These ads are posted everywhere around the world including magazines, TV commercials and billboards. Young kids see these everyday and it's opening their eyes to things that should not even be there to look at. The media and advertisors should know what a huge impact they have on kids lives and the things they aspire to be.
What is this telling kids? This is telling kids that being in the fashion industry and doing drugs is attractive. When in reality it's looked down upon, so why is it okay in the fashion world? Can photographers and advertisors not find better and more unique ideas that can represent what fashion use to be? If this is what ads are looking like now, who knows what they will be in 20 years.
Yeah I agree this is just a mess. The Media has really out done the public. We are very small in thier eyes. I would say that this ad is basically saying that its okay to do drugs becaue doing drugs keeps you thin and skinny. It also says that being skinny is fashionable and doing drugs to get skinny is also fashionable. This is a very bad message to teens everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Kids shouldn't have to fight the double-standard between what fashion is telling them and what everyone else says is acceptable. Fashion is about being avant-garde and standing out, and even if fashion is the only voice that says drugs are acceptable, that might be enough for kids to try them, for the sake of being “different.” It makes me angry that Sisley thinks this is an appropriate advertisement for a magazine, which is a medium that anyone can be exposed to in a grocery store or library. This isn't a bizarre “statement” at a fashion show. This is what your kid reads in line at Giant.
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