https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:56:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463507 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:16:26 +0000 Claudia 463507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't even notice the "Oh Lola." Yeah, no mistaking the intent. Ugh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463504 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:12:01 +0000 Ves 463504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The ad says "Oh Lola" on it. Lolita is exactly what they wanted to convey. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463447 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:45:44 +0000 ironkurtin 463447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I thought that as supposed to look like she had some kind of weird flower sea-anemone-like penis. Whatever it means, it doesn't make me want to wear the perfume - or even smell it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463444 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:36:08 +0000 Claudia 463444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that this is a questionable ad and that it is provocative for all the wrong reasons. Having just raised a daughter to young adulthood, I am sensitive to the sexual and, yes, creepy overtones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463436 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:26:01 +0000 NK 463436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And what's with the quality of the photo? The shadows and lighting seem off, is it supposed to look like an amateur photographer took the photo? That just seems to add to the pedophile vibe of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463433 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:20:14 +0000 annagybe 463433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm becoming less and less enamored of Marc Jacobs. He's becoming the enfant terrible of fashion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463430 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:18:20 +0000 NK 463430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Exactly what I was thinking! She does look young and childlike and oblivious. I found it creepy and wondered what her parents were thinking when they saw it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463418 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:59:45 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 463418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rae - if anything, the fact that she is made up to look so young and childlike in an overtly sexual ad (flower between the legs) is even more disturbing to me.</p> <p>ETA Marc Jacob's statement/denial is disgusting and insulting. You want to shock, Marc? Then OWN IT. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463411 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:48:36 +0000 rae 463411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes, if there is a nude one! I don't know how they'd get away with that... </p> <p>Interesting that you see it as asexual, rachylou. I felt very taken aback by the overtness of it myself... young girl prone, fingering the flower-that-isn't-a-flower between her legs... o_0 I blame it on the Liberal Arts degree. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463387 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:19:46 +0000 catgirl 463387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, maybe that was it. They found another ad with someone nude - I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to them at that point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463383 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:16:48 +0000 rachylou 463383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not the nude one (haven't seen that!). She's in a girly dress with a giant bottle of perfume, capped with a flower, between her legs. </p> <p>Actually, aesthetically, I find it one of the most asexual photographs I've ever seen. Not even Lolita fetish. More wasting urban waif. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463335 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:41:24 +0000 catgirl 463335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is this the nudie one? My husband and his buddy were thumbing through my In Style (looking for Blake Lively - don't ask) and drooled all over that ad. Never mind that they are both technically old enough to be her dad, as I was quick to remind them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-remember-that-dakota-fanning-perfume-ad-banned-in-the-uk#post-463246 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:11:00 +0000 rae 463246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2011/11/09/dakota-fanning-oh-lola-banned-uk/?xid=popsugar" rel="nofollow">http://stylenews.peoplestylewa.....d=popsugar</a></p> <p>I'm not too shocked, since the UK seems to be more handsy with the morality laws than some other places. Also, I'm thinking back to Art History class, and if you view it in light of some of the old art convetions (flowers to reference genitalia, hands-on-thighs to signal masturbation), the ad really does seem to sexualize a child. Maybe the UK would be more sensitive to those kinds of things than the US. </p> <p>On the other hand, what kinds of ads was Britney Spears doing when she was 17? No censorship there. </p> <p>On the *other* hand, Britney seemed more developed and styled to look older. Dakota seems styled to look even younger than she is. </p> <p>Thoughts? </p>