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UK Bans Hailee Steinfeld's Miu Miu Ad
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Psylocke
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I still don't get why her age matters at all. If a 20-year old is pictured sitting on a train track it wouldn't be a problem? Sitting anywhere near a train track is stupid anyway but it's still a nice image so who even cares. Besides, why ban an ad campaign that has been running for 4 months already and will be replaced with a new one in a month anyway?
whilst i agree the ban is farfetched, i think people are missing the point that it hints at something that i am not sure we are allowed to discuss here so i am not going to say it. i am sure it is different in many countries, but i would assume in aus many people would have a problem with an ad showing a crying, 'depressed' young girl, sitting on train tracks POSSIBLY waiting for a train to come (and not because she wanted to get on it).. i have seen other ads banned here for a lot less tbh!
it is not her age that is the problem as it is not 'sexualised', or that the actual shoot was unsafe. but i think they are saying perhaps she was too young to understand the concept??
also, i did read another article about it in which the UK ASA did state that what i was alluding to above was the reason, but i cannot find it now!
it is not her age that is the problem as it is not 'sexualised', or that the actual shoot was unsafe. but i think they are saying perhaps she was too young to understand the concept??
also, i did read another article about it in which the UK ASA did state that what i was alluding to above was the reason, but i cannot find it now!
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^I'm also thinking that it could have something to do with that.
But yeah, what's the point if it's almost going out of circulation anyway?
But yeah, what's the point if it's almost going out of circulation anyway?
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Wow.....who's next on the chopping block? 
I see some points but I don't think the ad should have been pulled. I think they're reading a little too far into it.
I see some points but I don't think the ad should have been pulled. I think they're reading a little too far into it.YoninahAliza
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I hadn't thought of that reason when looking at the image. But I suppose I can see how someone might look at this image and see that being portrayed. But honestly, when I first looked at it, it seemed more like a movie scene... something a bit dreamy and has a good soundtrack (but then again that's how I view a lot of adverts
). It's certainly not an image that I thought warranted a ban. I mean the Marc Jacobs Dakota Fanning advert makes much more sense to ban to me then this Miu Miu ad.
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I see the point of banning it, but I still love the ad, and I agree with YoninahAliza that there are ads that desearve to be banned and as long as there for sure are lots of such ads in UK I don't understand why did they banned this one!
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Kudos to banning the ad! If we disaprove of child-labour in the third world we must disaprove of it in the first world too.
^ This isn't forced child-labour.
Hailee is a professional actress, which is unionized.
Here's the filed complaint:
ASA Adjudication on Prada Retail UK Ltd
Ad
An ad in the September 2011 edition of Tatler Magazine for a fashion retailer,
featured the young model/actress Hailee Steinfeld. She was sitting on railway
tracks and looked as if she was upset and may have been crying.
Issue
1. The complainant, who believed the ad showed someone who had been
crying, objected that it was irresponsible because it was suggestive of youth
suicide, especially because the ad could be seen by impressionable young
people.
2. The ASA challenged whether the ad was irresponsible because it showed a
child in an unsafe location.
Response
Prada Retail UK Ltd (Prada) said the ad was part of a serious, high-fashion
campaign aimed at adult women. It was placed only in adult, high-fashion
magazines such as Tatler.
Prada stated that they did not in any way condone youth suicide, or promote
it, and the ad was not created to give this impression to anyone, or with the
intent of depicting a child in an unsafe location. The campaign was
photographed by well-known photographer and film maker, Bruce Weber, and
featured the well-known American actress, Hailee Steinfeld who was
nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA this year for her performance in the film
True Grit. The campaign was based on the set of an imaginary film. The
photographs were shots of the actress in between takes of the film, while she
was waiting for the next scene to begin. The setting and the clothing for the
campaign were inspired by the 1940s era. The campaign featured Hailee in
mature and elegant 1940s clothing, which was part of a narrative path built
up of several different images. Prada said the campaign used mature and
elegant silhouettes in its clothing whilst still remaining true to the brand's
playful spirit by using a well-known young actress.
1. Prada said the ad featured Hailee Steinfeld sitting on the edge of an old
railway track wearing 1940s adult clothing clutching a bag. In the ad, there
was a slight breeze, which could be seen by the movement of Hailee
Steinfeld's hair and she was rubbing her eye with her finger, indicating that it
was itchy or had something in it. This was one of the "between takes" shots
in the campaign. Hailee Steinfeld was waiting for the next take of the film to
start and, therefore, was not posing for the camera and was relaxed. She
was acting in an unconscious manner. Prada stated this was natural for a
person to do when they were not being watched. They stated that Hailee
Steinfeld was not crying, nor had she been asked to cry or look upset.
The ad pictured her with a wistful and thoughtful face.
2. Prada said the ad was photographed on an abandoned railway track in a
foreign country. Hailee Steinfeld was sitting on the edge of the train track as
if she was resting between "takes" of the movie on a hot day. They said the
viewpoint of the ad extended along the railway track and it was clear that
there was no train in sight. Prada said that she could have easily moved from
where she was sitting because she was not restrained in any way. Because
the ad was photographed on a redundant railway track in the ad, neither
Hailee Steinfeld nor anyone else, was not placed in danger. Prada said they
had not received complaints about the ad.
Tatler commented that they would not be running the ad again.
They had not received any complaints about the ad.
Assessment
1. Not Upheld
The ASA noted that the ad was set on an imaginary film and that the photos
were taken while the child model was "between takes".
The ASA noted that the ad was part of a campaign featuring the actress
Hailee Steinfeld wearing sophisticated 1940s adult clothing, and that it
represented one of the "between take" shots in the campaign where she was
acting in an unconscious manner, relaxed and not posing for the camera with
a wistful and thoughtful face. While noting that Hailee Steinfeld was sitting on
the edge of the railway track, we did not consider that she was shown
looking in distress or that she had been crying. We noted that the ad had
been carefully targeted and placed in a sophisticated, high fashion magazine
with a predominantly adult readership and that the Miu Miu brand was not
aimed at teenagers or young children. Because the ad was placed in a
magazine with a mainly adult readership and it showed a stylised image of
Hailee Steinfeld dressed in sophisticated 1940s style clothing we considered
that readers of the magazine would understand that the image was
sufficiently removed from reality and that it represented a staged fashion
shoot. In that context, we therefore concluded that the ad was prepared with
a due sense of responsibility and would not be suggestive of youth suicide to
impressionable young people.
On this point, we investigated the ad under CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 1.3
(Social responsibility), 4.5 (Harm and offence) but did not find it in breach.
2. Upheld
We noted Prada's comments that the photo was shot on an abandoned
railway track and that Hailee Steinfeld was not in any way constrained to that
position, and that the viewpoint of the ad extended along the railway tract
where there was clearly no train in sight. We noted that she could have
easily moved from where she was sitting, that she was not running along the
track, and she was not playing on it. We acknowledged that the ad was part
of a serious, high fashion campaign aimed at adult women; and that it was
placed only in adult, high fashion magazines such as Tatler, which was not
aimed or addressed at children. Nevertheless, because the ad showed Hailee
Steinfeld, who was 14 years of age only when the photo was shot, in a
potentially hazardous situation sitting on a railway track, we concluded the ad
was irresponsible and in breach of the Code in showing a child in a hazardous
or dangerous situation.
The ad breached CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 1.3 (Social Responsibility), 4.5
(Harm and Offence) and 5.1.2 (children).
Action
The ad must not appear again in its current form.
ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THE SLIGHT-OF-HAND?
"...who was 14 years of age only when the photo was shot, in a
potentially hazardous situation sitting on a railway track, we
concluded the ad was irresponsible and in breach of the Code in showing
a child in a hazardous or dangerous situation."
Potentially hazardous doesn't breach the code, so they...
Hailee is a professional actress, which is unionized.
Here's the filed complaint:
ASA Adjudication on Prada Retail UK Ltd
Ad
An ad in the September 2011 edition of Tatler Magazine for a fashion retailer,
featured the young model/actress Hailee Steinfeld. She was sitting on railway
tracks and looked as if she was upset and may have been crying.
Issue
1. The complainant, who believed the ad showed someone who had been
crying, objected that it was irresponsible because it was suggestive of youth
suicide, especially because the ad could be seen by impressionable young
people.
2. The ASA challenged whether the ad was irresponsible because it showed a
child in an unsafe location.
Response
Prada Retail UK Ltd (Prada) said the ad was part of a serious, high-fashion
campaign aimed at adult women. It was placed only in adult, high-fashion
magazines such as Tatler.
Prada stated that they did not in any way condone youth suicide, or promote
it, and the ad was not created to give this impression to anyone, or with the
intent of depicting a child in an unsafe location. The campaign was
photographed by well-known photographer and film maker, Bruce Weber, and
featured the well-known American actress, Hailee Steinfeld who was
nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA this year for her performance in the film
True Grit. The campaign was based on the set of an imaginary film. The
photographs were shots of the actress in between takes of the film, while she
was waiting for the next scene to begin. The setting and the clothing for the
campaign were inspired by the 1940s era. The campaign featured Hailee in
mature and elegant 1940s clothing, which was part of a narrative path built
up of several different images. Prada said the campaign used mature and
elegant silhouettes in its clothing whilst still remaining true to the brand's
playful spirit by using a well-known young actress.
1. Prada said the ad featured Hailee Steinfeld sitting on the edge of an old
railway track wearing 1940s adult clothing clutching a bag. In the ad, there
was a slight breeze, which could be seen by the movement of Hailee
Steinfeld's hair and she was rubbing her eye with her finger, indicating that it
was itchy or had something in it. This was one of the "between takes" shots
in the campaign. Hailee Steinfeld was waiting for the next take of the film to
start and, therefore, was not posing for the camera and was relaxed. She
was acting in an unconscious manner. Prada stated this was natural for a
person to do when they were not being watched. They stated that Hailee
Steinfeld was not crying, nor had she been asked to cry or look upset.
The ad pictured her with a wistful and thoughtful face.
2. Prada said the ad was photographed on an abandoned railway track in a
foreign country. Hailee Steinfeld was sitting on the edge of the train track as
if she was resting between "takes" of the movie on a hot day. They said the
viewpoint of the ad extended along the railway track and it was clear that
there was no train in sight. Prada said that she could have easily moved from
where she was sitting because she was not restrained in any way. Because
the ad was photographed on a redundant railway track in the ad, neither
Hailee Steinfeld nor anyone else, was not placed in danger. Prada said they
had not received complaints about the ad.
Tatler commented that they would not be running the ad again.
They had not received any complaints about the ad.
Assessment
1. Not Upheld
The ASA noted that the ad was set on an imaginary film and that the photos
were taken while the child model was "between takes".
The ASA noted that the ad was part of a campaign featuring the actress
Hailee Steinfeld wearing sophisticated 1940s adult clothing, and that it
represented one of the "between take" shots in the campaign where she was
acting in an unconscious manner, relaxed and not posing for the camera with
a wistful and thoughtful face. While noting that Hailee Steinfeld was sitting on
the edge of the railway track, we did not consider that she was shown
looking in distress or that she had been crying. We noted that the ad had
been carefully targeted and placed in a sophisticated, high fashion magazine
with a predominantly adult readership and that the Miu Miu brand was not
aimed at teenagers or young children. Because the ad was placed in a
magazine with a mainly adult readership and it showed a stylised image of
Hailee Steinfeld dressed in sophisticated 1940s style clothing we considered
that readers of the magazine would understand that the image was
sufficiently removed from reality and that it represented a staged fashion
shoot. In that context, we therefore concluded that the ad was prepared with
a due sense of responsibility and would not be suggestive of youth suicide to
impressionable young people.
On this point, we investigated the ad under CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 1.3
(Social responsibility), 4.5 (Harm and offence) but did not find it in breach.
2. Upheld
We noted Prada's comments that the photo was shot on an abandoned
railway track and that Hailee Steinfeld was not in any way constrained to that
position, and that the viewpoint of the ad extended along the railway tract
where there was clearly no train in sight. We noted that she could have
easily moved from where she was sitting, that she was not running along the
track, and she was not playing on it. We acknowledged that the ad was part
of a serious, high fashion campaign aimed at adult women; and that it was
placed only in adult, high fashion magazines such as Tatler, which was not
aimed or addressed at children. Nevertheless, because the ad showed Hailee
Steinfeld, who was 14 years of age only when the photo was shot, in a
potentially hazardous situation sitting on a railway track, we concluded the ad
was irresponsible and in breach of the Code in showing a child in a hazardous
or dangerous situation.
The ad breached CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 1.3 (Social Responsibility), 4.5
(Harm and Offence) and 5.1.2 (children).
Action
The ad must not appear again in its current form.
ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THE SLIGHT-OF-HAND?
"...who was 14 years of age only when the photo was shot, in a
potentially hazardous situation sitting on a railway track, we
concluded the ad was irresponsible and in breach of the Code in showing
a child in a hazardous or dangerous situation."
Potentially hazardous doesn't breach the code, so they...
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