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Perfume advert starring the teenage actress has been pulled as the Advertising Standards Authority rules that the imagery is guilty of sexualising a child.

Designer Marc Jacobs recently described his new fragrance Oh, Lola! as: “sensual”, saying how the little sister scent to the hugely successful Lola is: “More of a Lolita than a Lola”.

But it turns out the ad campaign to promote the fragrance is too sensual for some. The Advertising Standards Authority received several complaints after seeing 17-year-old actress Dakota Fanning posing with an oversize bottle of the scent between her legs.
Complaints stated that the Twilight star was being portrayed in an irresponsible and sexualised manner. The ASA responded by stating: “We noted that the model was holding up the perfume bottle which rested in her lap between her legs and we considered that its position was sexually provocative. We understood the model was 17 years old but we considered she looked under the age of 16. We considered that the length of her dress, her leg and position of the perfume bottle drew attention to her sexuality. Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualise a child.”
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Coty, makers of Oh, Lola! said it did not believe the ad suggested the model was underage or that it was “inappropriately sexualised’ as it didn’t show any “private body parts or sexual activity”. They said the giant perfume bottle – shaped like a vase holding a blooming pink flower – was “provoking, but not indecent”.
Jacobs recently revealed to Women’s Wear Daily why he cast the teen star in the ads: “I’ve been a big fan of Dakota since the first time I saw her in a movie, and we made her a wardrobe in her size when she was 12, which was pretty incredible. When we were speaking about who to use in the Oh, Lola! fragrance ads – I had recently seen T he Runaways . Dakota was in it, and I knew she could be this contemporary Lolita, seductive yet sweet.”
Fanning was “so humbled” to be asked to star in the ads that she said yes immediately.

Source – OLIVIA BERGIN – telegraph.co.uk

Rumors rumors… Madonna should be the star of the Spring 2009 Louis Vuitton campaign. The campaign should be shot by the prolific Mert and Marcus. Interesting and possibly true.

The first ever Stella McCartney boutique in Paris will open its doors next November. The shop will be located at Galerie de Valois, at the Palais Royal, following the footsteps of Marc Jacobs, Pierre Hardy, Robert Normand, Didier Ludot, Acne, Rick Owens or Serge Lutens.
Palais Royal is definitely a hot spot for the fashion conscious and style savy.

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Cochinechine: Amazing Designer sample sale

3.1 Phillip Lim – Vanessa Bruno – Sonia Rykiel – Marc by Marc Jacobs – Acne – Anna Sui – Mayle- JBrand Jeans – Jas +B bags – Maloles – KJacques And Many Many More………………………

5th June 15:00 – 21:00

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Art meets Fashion meets Art! The new Interview  magazine is featuring Marc Jacobs wearing Andy Warhol’s iconic wig on its cover. Very striking. The late “Pop Art priest” and the prolific fashion designer both share a fascination for pop culture that is at the core of the contents of Interview, which was created by Andy Warhol in the late sixties.

This is the second issue of Interview under the editorial and creative direction by Fabien Baron. Check this out.

Victoria Beckham is featured in the new Spring 2008 campaign for Marc Jacobs – or at least part of her is. Thank god!!! Her legs are featured, while she wears Marc Jacobs black and purple reversible heels. That is hysterically funny!

Always N°1- Miss Beckham wins an award with Mr Blackwell…
Since 1960, Mr. Blackwell has established himself as a celebrity-style critic by annually listing off his top ten worst-dressed women.

This year’s fashion disasters:
Victoria Beckham, Posh Spice, at No. 1, Amy Winehouse being No. 2 and Mary-Kate Olsen No. 3.

The nasty comment about Beckham was “Forget the fashion spice, wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty Posh can really wreck-em.”