Shortly after the ban, FKA Twigs took to Instagram to issue a public response, in which she called out what she views as “double standards” in the industry.
“I do not see the ‘stereotypical sexual object’ that they have labelled me. I see a beautiful strong woman of color whose incredible body has overcome more pain than you can imagine,” she wrote on Jan. 11, captioning a picture of the still-banned ad campaign. “In light of reviewing other campaigns, past and current, of this nature, I can’t help but feel there are some double standards here.”
Now, the watchdog has made the unusual decision of reversing its original decision after a close examination of the wider campaign, which also featured two images of model Kendall Jenner laying down with her arms over her bare chest.
The ASA said “the manner in which both women were posed, their partial dress, facial expression and nudity,” meant all of the ads in question “contained images of women that were sexualized to a degree.”
