Remember the old Calvin Klein ads/commercials that caused such a ruckus because Brooke Shields was only 15-years-old at the time? And now we have 12-year-olds...
Calvin Klein is not shy about pushing the envelope when it comes to advertising. In 1980, he featured a 15-year-old Brooke Shields purring "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins." He has mounted giant billboards in Times Square featuring chiselled male models wearing only stark white briefs. He has used the child-like Kate Moss to embody the essence of his Obsession perfume and most recently, has been at the forefront of fashion's grunge trend, using stringy-haired, unwashed youth to hawk his cKbe and cKone fragrances. Klein has always been at the forefront of the youth trend in advertising, but in a 1995 campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans, his images of pubescent models in provocative poses caused major controversy and debate when they crossed the line between fashion and pornography.
