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Ban on Calvin Klein’s FKA twigs ad revoked after ASA climbdown

Singer accused regulator of double standards over claim she presented as a ‘stereotypical sexual object’

Jeremy Allen White, best known for playing chef Carmy in the hit TV series The Bear, also featured in a Calvin Klein campaign, where he poses topless in boxer shorts. Photograph: Barry King/AlamyA spokesperson from the ASA said the decision to revisit the original ruling “took place in the context of the significant strength of public feeling, including views expressed by FKA twigs”, and was also driven by “concern that our rationale for banning the ad was substantially flawed”. “I am proud of my physicality and hold the art I create with my vessel to the standards of women like Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt and Grace Jones who broke down barriers of what it looks like to be empowered and harness a unique embodied sensuality.

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