I like the concept…I am not too offended by it… I think it’s poorly executed.
however portraying the slave as dark, short, lanky dude … is like in your face “slavery”.
if the “slave” was a big, macho, hunk-of-a-man stud all six pack (spartacus anyone…mindwandering) 
.. I think they could have pulled it off. They should have gone with love slave or s*x slave concept which I think is what you would expect some dude would be to you, if you wore these so called gorgeous clothes.
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WOW that IS offensive, racist? and yeah definitely in bad taste. but i honestly dont' expect anything different from these so-called "high end" designers. Sana Safinaz had the same controversy last year w their lawns.
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wtf
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Disgusting !!
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Appalling.
Aamna Aqeel has this up on her fb page too. Very disturbing.
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WTF?! 
^ I agree. 
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what kind of kitchen is that sister in?
Saw these pics on FB last week and was quite appalled by them.
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shock value maybe?
no publicity is bad publicity?
perhaps the come-back will be, "We are trying to make a statement and draw attention to reality at the same time as promote our product. The parallel drawn is entirely intentional."
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Very disturbing!!!
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barf!
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WOW that IS offensive, racist? and yeah definitely in bad taste. but i honestly dont' expect anything different from these so-called "high end" designers. Sana Safinaz had the same controversy last year w their lawns.
Yup, I remember the whole poor people photoshoot they did. Just bakwaas with some designers really, isn't it.
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so do people actually speak out against this sort of stuff or just let them get away with it?
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What do you all think is contributing to the poor taste of these ads?
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^ I dont think so, if you look at the comments left on the FB for this shoot.
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^ I dont think so, if you look at the comments left on the FB for this shoot.
Yeah, maybe my experience was a poor representation of others.
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Wow. What is the name of the magazine? :no:
The pictures are disturbing, but there is something that I’ve always wondered about. Many times in beauty products and fashion apparel ads, you’ll see three women…two of them White and one Black. Why is that? I can understand if you have one White and one Black (not like the above pics)…or three women that each belong to a different race, but how does the outnumbering appear fair or right?