What's Behind Lara Stone Suing French Playboy and Greg Lotus?
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I was bummed to read that Lara Stone is suing French Playboy and photographer Greg Lotus, saying that she would never choose to appear in ‘that kind’ of publication.
Greg Lotus isn’t exactly a slum lensman, given his extensive portfolio for Vogue Italia.
We stand by our celebration of Lara Stone’s photos in French Playboy and don’t believe she should worry about her reputation.
Just for the record, several of these French Playboy photos of Lara, including her most nude ones, here posted in their entirely in Private Studio — were already in Internet distribution at Fashonising.com via Fashion Gone Rogue. The post date was Oct. 12, 2009.
Lara Stone hadn’t yet appeared naked as a jay bird in LOVE Magazine S/S 2010, in which her photos are far more scandaous in our opinion. Now I could see Lara’s objections if Greg Lotus has sold the photos to Bang Bros, but under the circumstances, I could understand him being a bit confused about Lara Stone’s lines of demarcation on media nudity.
American women admit to being at least 1/3 of the national p*rn-watching public, and we’re thrilled to promote the trend of New Eroticism, which frames nudity in more female-centric terms.
To be honest, we thought Lara Stone shared our point of view and agreed that French Playboy is a big step up from America’s Playboy, and neither is more explicit that the fashion industry’s LOVE magazine above. (See new post of 2009 Ellen Von Unwerth French Playboy images.)
Lara Stone has always taken photo editorial risks, and we’re clear that her aggravation is that she didn’t give her permission for the French Playboy shoot. That’s a legal, contractual issue not in our purview of knowledge, although it’s an industry fact that the photographer holds most image rights, unless the contract specifies otherwise.
We have two thoughts on Lara Stone’s suing French Playboy. Perhaps her new husband David Williams isn’t so thrilled with his wife’s modeling career. And most probably Lara Stone’s exclusive contract with Calvin Klein is filled with legal riders about her appearing in other publications.
Lara Stone and Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein is hardly known for avoiding steamy sexuality in advertising. Calvin wrote the playbook. But every big brand wants to protect its turf and imagery.
Bottom line, we love the Lara Stone photos in French Playboy. As the former Fashion Director of Victoria’s Secret and a top consultant to Fortune 500 companies, I’ve read no suggestion that Lara’s reputation is sullied.
In fact, we all love and admire Lara Stone, so hopefully this matter with blow over, with minor injuries to all the parties involved. Anne
Lara Stone for Calvin Klein Jeans Fall 2010
Lara Stone in Fall 2009/10 Eres lingerie campaignPrivate Studio| Supermodel Lara Stone has won ‘significant’ damages from the French edition of Playboy magazine for printing her unauthorized images. Stone filed the case in July 2010 against photographer Greg Lotus in a Paris court under French image rights legislation, saying then that she did not consent for the pictures to appear in the magazine. Read on.
This Lara Stone for Calvin Klein billboard has been banned in Australia, not because it is too sexy, but because officials say it speaks not only to the highly-sexualized nature of the brand, but to gang rape.
The Australian case is hardly the first time that Calvin Klein billboards have come down in neighborhoods around the world. Creating controversy is part of the brand’s DNA.
Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau chief Fiona Jolly said: “The industry standard says you can use sexuality and nudity provided to use them with sensitivity to the audience … These are large billboards so they have a broad audience of anyone who can see them.” via Sensuality News
