I suppose this is a kind of progress...

[marydell]

So I just ran across this probably-NSFW Bulgari ad featuring naked Julianne Moore lounging on a heap of cushions, wearing jewelry and a handbag whilst cuddling strategically placed widdle baby lions.  And here's another one--also NVerySFW--with cockatiels cockatoos (and jewelry, and a handbag).  I  suppose it's a kind of progress, that the naked lady Bulgari has decided to feature in these classic tableaux is a woman in her late 40's with a distinguished career, rather than an ingenue.  I'm sure the message here is that this is how career ladies nowadays like to spend their time and money--after all, I like pillows and jewelry myself, and I have been known to hold a cat on occasion--rather than that Bulgari jewelry is the best adornment for your exotic pets.

*eyeroll*

Comments

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. My high school senior photo had me cuddling a widdle baby lion -- we got to design our own senior pages, and I used a photo from the renfaire as my centerpiece. I remember how cuddly the baby lion was. Lucky Julianne Moore!

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Your high school was way, way, way cooler than my high school.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

The Cambridge School of Weston was widely acknowledged to be the school for freaks of all stripes.

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

I'd be cool with the cats I think, but no way am I holding a bird naked...those things poo on you. 0.o

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Psst... Those are cockatoos. (Cockatiels are more canary sized.)

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Fixed! At least I got the cock part right.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Now I wish you'd written cockatrice. ;)

[jooniper-pearl.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda wondering where the NSFW comes in. She's fully hidden, you see her legs but thats about it. I also read somewhere that the ad with the baby lions was banned because it was too explicit. I'm wondering exactly what picture they were looking at!! Shes gorgeous.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

It's more skin than I put up on my screen at work--some workplaces discourage anything potentially provocative. Most folks I know work in less conservative industries than I do, but you never know.

edit: I think it was banned from being a billboard in Venice. I don't find it particularly explicit but I would find it annoying to see on a billboard over and over because of the subtext [that I'm reading in it]. Although given the number of strip clubs that have billboards up on the highway by me, I suppose it would class the joint up.