Controversial fashion and beauty ads

The advertising watchdogs have had a busy year putting make-up, skincare, fashion and fragrance companies under fire for misleading their audience with ‘unrealistic’ and ‘irresponsible’ adverts. So if you haven’t yet heard why Taylor Swift’s Covergirl ad was banned or was wondering why Benetton were in hot water for their ‘Unhate’ campaign, all the details are here.

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H&M’s computer generated models

Just when we thought the fashion industry had got the message about the overuse of airbrushing and digital altering in ads H&M made a surprising confession.

The Swedish retailer admitted that they had been using only the head of real models on their website and the rest of their bodies were computer generated.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation didn’t ask H&M to remove any images from the site but criticised ... more
H&M’s computer generated models

Just when we thought the fashion industry had got the message about the overuse of airbrushing and digital altering in ads H&M made a surprising confession.

The Swedish retailer admitted that they had been using only the head of real models on their website and the rest of their bodies were computer generated.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation didn’t ask H&M to remove any images from the site but criticised them for producing an unrealistic physical representation of the female body.

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