Calvin Klein is known for controversy. From it’s ads featuring a young teenage Brooke Shields, a young Kate Moss, and a scantily clad Eva Mendes, Calvin Klein has a history of being banned and censored. Their newest Calvin Klein jeans ad is sharing the same fate - it’s been banned from TV - even late night cable TV. It seems it’s too steamy for us but you can watch it here.  The ad was shot by Steven Meisel and has a very grainy look to it and you can’t help but feel like a voyeur as you watch it. I’m beginning to think CK makes their ads with the intent of them being banned - I think they may get more hype and notoriety that way.  Whatever it is, it definitely makes an impression.

Calvin Klein is used to causing a ruckus in media - whether it was a 16 year old Brooke Shields proclaiming that nothing came between her and her Calvins, or a very young, nude Kate Moss giving birth to heroin chic. The latest in his misadventures in advertising relate to his newest fragrance Secret Obsession featuring Eva Mendes (read the original post we did here). The controversy lies around the ad campaign and commercial which is apparently too risqué because of a glimpse of a bit of Ms. Mendes’ nipple - gasp!! I’ve always thought the “nipple controversy” was always a bit of a silly one. Men have nipples - they are shirtless all the time. If we just looked at each other as people, rather than making women into sex objects, this maybe wouldn’t be a big deal and we’d just see it as another part of anatomy. It’s a bit sad because the commercial is actually very tasteful and not at all in poor taste or pornographic. Perhaps we should be more concerned with what “we” (ahem, the Christian right) read into things - I believe that tells us more about ourselves than anything else.

Here’s the commercial - view it - share it - show the world:

(sorry about the ad at the end - it was the only video I could find)

P.S. - This controversy has gotten leagues of people in an uproar about our nation’s politics (finally!). While I don’t agree we need a PG version of this ad, it’s really disappointing that it takes something like this to critique the government while men and women serving our country are dying daily. There - I said it.

The controversial Brooke Sheild’s ad from 1981 after the jump . . .
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This month, Elle magazine pays homage to the high-waisted jeans that have currently taken over the market - and unknowingly - to the original denim lolita, Brooke Shields.American model Bobbi Weins looks a lot like the former Calvin Klein model and current Lipstick Jungle power exec in this striking Matthias Vriens lensed black and white edit. She has the thick bushy eyebrows, gorgeous brown tresses, and subtle come hither poses down pat.Similar, to the teen chosen to play the younger version of Jay-Z in the Roc Boys video. He looked like he had been practicing Jay’s walk and cold stare his whole life.Which reminds me:Where is Hilary Rhoda? The reigning Brooke Shields doppelganger was completely absent from last seasons runways, and has seemingly been on the DL ever since.Well, you know what I mean…Source