{"id":196748,"date":"2022-02-16T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=196748"},"modified":"2022-02-16T19:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:59:45","slug":"boohoo-product-listing-banned-following-complaint-about-objectifying-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/boohoo-product-listing-banned-following-complaint-about-objectifying-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Boohoo product listing banned following complaint about objectifying women"},"content":{"rendered":"
A product listing for fashion retailer Boohoo has been banned for being likely to cause serious or widespread offence or harm by objectifying women.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The product listing for a T-shirt on Boohoo\u2019s website in November showed a model wearing the top with only thong-style bikini bottoms and trainers.<\/p>\n Images included a rear view that showed her kneeling, another showed her sitting on the ground with her legs apart<\/strong> and a third was an upper-body shot that showed the model lifting the T-shirt as if to remove it and exposing the skin on her stomach and side.<\/p>\n The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a complaint that the images objectified and sexualised women,<\/strong> and the ad was offensive, harmful and irresponsible.<\/p>\n Boohoo said the images were part of their swimwear category and explained the model was wearing the T-shirt with a bikini.<\/p>\n