the models used in their ads was under the age of 18. The fifteen-year-old girl that was in his ads was Bijou Phillips, whose mother was aware of the ad and was proud of her daughter. If the parents of the teen models allowed their children to pose for the advertisements, who are we to blame the CK company for using them. Who are we to look down on Calvin Kleins ads when you can watch any show on prime time TV and see much worse than what the ads portrayed? Who are we to suggest that the ads are suggestive when all we know is that, in advertising, sex sells and sells big? Isnt Calvin Klein just giving the public what it wants?Calvin Klein has publicly stated that the misunderstood ads had been intended to convey the spirit, independence, and inner worth of todays young people. Personally, I do not really buy that argument. Is he saying that the teenagers today are always thinking about it, doing it, or discussing it. But, at the same time, I dont think the public should automatically label him or his company as perverts for using sex to sell their products....
