Is it me or... (possibly NSFW... probably not though)

[Pheebs]

... should Ann Summers just have not used this as their main promotional picture?!?!?




I know they use raunchy piccies and fit birds and things... but this picture is *awful* IMO. The girl, I am sure, is very pretty but why on EARTH they have used this ribby angle I just don't know!!

I might be being slightly over sensitive on this but the other girls that are in my catalogues *at least* are curvaceous and don't have angular rib poses like this!

This is their main key promotional poster. How poo will this make people feel?!?!

And, to top it all off, what the HECK has she been doing with her phone!

I'd be interested to hear peoples response as I am thinking I am being over sensitive <-- though I do deal with these pictures daily and they don't bother me so I'm not sure why I am being so if I am!!

[TinkerBell]

Those sort of pictures are partly why there are so many woman out there thinking they look rubbish!

When will companies learn that this is not the way to sell items.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by TinkerBell

Those sort of pictures are partly why there are so many woman out there thinking they look rubbish!

This is true but is also a horrible picture, it isn't sexy or attractive, she looks an odd shape (probably over done air brushing along stomach and back) and it wouldn't encourage me to buy anything

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Takhisis

This is true but is also a horrible picture, it isn't sexy or attractive, she looks an odd shape (probably over done air brushing along stomach and back) and it wouldn't encourage me to buy anything

Got to agree... far from any kind of attractive. *shudder*

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by TinkerBell

Those sort of pictures are partly why there are so many woman out there thinking they look rubbish!

When will companies learn that this is not the way to sell items.

Sorry to say that that is where you are wrong. Make people feel **** about themselves but then sell them a wonder product that makes them feel good about themselves. It is the way to sell things.

[TinkerBell]

Originally Posted by Desmo

Sorry to say that that is where you are wrong. Make people feel **** about themselves but then sell them a wonder product that makes them feel good about themselves. It is the way to sell things.

That may work on some people. But that does not work on me, I wouldn't look at that poster and think yeah that makes me want to go and buy loads of stuff to make me feel better. Just my opinion

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by TinkerBell

That may work on some people. But that does not work on me

I think the problem is that it works on the majority....so unfortunately everybody else is lumbered with it too.

It's not just women though, it's society in general. We're made to feel lesser if we don't have the latest car, motorbike, flat screen TV, hifi, games console, yadda yadda yadda. It's the way marketing works these days and we're all stuc with it.

But I would say women get the worst deal overall.

[Davey_Pitch]

Originally Posted by Desmo

But I would say women get the worst deal overall.

I would agree. Men very rarely get hammered for the way they look (their bodies at least), certainly not to the extent women do. It's just a shame women listen to it all so much. Curvy women are super sexy in my eyes. Hell, I love looking through the Bravissimo catalouge Lynnie gets, the women in there are stunning

[leowyatt]

I agree very odd angle indeed. The Ann Summers models I have seen have had more meat on them.

If she was leaning slightly more forward I don't think we'd have as much of a problem with the picture.

[Roberta]

Hmmm. While she certainly is thin she's not unhealthily skinny to me. That doesn't mean you are wrong or being over sensitive, it just means that my view is different!

The only time I have ever complained about ANYTHING is about 9 years ago when there was a poster in the window of Top Shop which showed an incredibly emaciated gaunt girl with a skeletal face who looked the image of Karen Carpenter. I complained because while I think healthily skinny (some people just are naturally tiny!) is ok, someone who doesn't look healthy at all should not be used to promote a certain look to teenage girls.

Can't find a picture of the actual poster I complained about but this is the same model. She has since become what I term 'healthily skinny' but was far bonier than this picture in the actual ad I complained about.

http://www.modelresource.ca/Bios/Sha...sco_garcia.jpg

The poster I complained about got taken down as I was not the only person to complain so Top Shop pulled them.