H&M Australia pulls advertisement after complaints
H&M pulls ad after complaints over sexualization of school girls
In this May 31, 2013, photo, an H&M store is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Fashion retailer H&M has withdrawn an ad featuring school girls after complaints that the campaign encouraged the sexualization of underage girls.
The advert, launched in Australia, featured the slogan: "Make those heads turn in H&M's Back to School fashion" above a photo of two girls wearing grey H&M pinafore dresses.
"We have removed this ad," an H&M spokesperson said on Monday. "We are deeply sorry for the offense this has caused and we are looking into how we present campaigns going forward."
The fashion retailer's shares hit a two-month low, down 1.4% by 1540 GMT, underperforming peers.
H&M's rowback is the latest in a string of missteps by fashion brands leading to adverts backfiring. In December, Zara pulled a campaign featuring statues wrapped in white, after calls for a boycott and protests over a perceived resemblance to images from the war in Gaza. (Reporting by Helen Reid. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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