American Apparel: Taking It Too Far With Naked Nail Polish Ad?

NSFW! American Apparel Nail Polish Ads: Creepy or Cool?

January 12, 2011

Call me a prude, but do these ads look toned down to you? Hmm. Didn't think so. Risqué and racy are words that spring to my mind. "Creepy" and "out of hand" are what the Twitterverse is calling them. In the past American Apparel (the company behind the ads) has had lots of slapped hands — and even a $10million lawsuit from Woody Allen — doled out to them, so when they recently talked about toning down their ad campaigns, we said, "about time." But, seems they've done a total 180 and decided to go all out on a nail polish and panties ad — showing a topless model painting her nails on a naked mannequin. Riiiiight. There's also an ad that features Eva in her underwear and a tank top exposing stubbly underarms. But compared to Diane who is climbing a tree knickerless, she's pretty tame. What do you think of the ads: are they artistic and A-OK or do you think they're totally unnecessary and should be banned?

4 Comments

2 years

I think the picture is a cool idea, but come on American Apparel, ADVERTISE your CLOTHING!

biarose 2 years

Oh no you definitely didn't offend me at all, I just thought that bare breasts might not be the kind of thing people would be expecting to pop up on their computer screens when they visit this site, lol! Like, if you have a quiet moment at work and think, oh I'll just log on to bellasugar, then the boss comes over to hand you some paperwork and oops... :P

POPSUGAR Beauty AU 2 years

Hi biarose, unfortunately we couldn't jump it with this article because it's a poll and we really wanted to get people's opinions of it, especially as it's a public image that is all over the internet and on giant billboards. We're sorry if we offended you x

biarose 2 years

Since this is NSFW, maybe you should put the picture under the jump? The boobs are like, right there, as soon as you load the page. No warning, nothing.