SAUCY ads for Agent Provocateur showing semi-naked women gagged and blindfolded have been given the green light by watchdogs.
The underwear company claimed the magazine ads paid homage to a famous National Gallery painting and a Hogarth etching.
And it said they were not designed to cause offence.
One of the ads shows women in underwear draped over a banqueting table, next to a girl with a snake around her neck.
A topless woman also featured, along with a lady crawling on all fours and eating apples from a basket. Hooded men stood watch on either side of the scene.
A second showed women in their underwear surrounded by men in naval uniforms on a pirate ship. One lady has her mouth gagged and hands tied, while others crawl on the floor.
A man is also shown with a noose around his neck.
The ads drew complaints that they were demeaning to women because of their "explicit content".
Well, what do you think...............
The underwear company claimed the magazine ads paid homage to a famous National Gallery painting and a Hogarth etching.
And it said they were not designed to cause offence.
One of the ads shows women in underwear draped over a banqueting table, next to a girl with a snake around her neck.
A topless woman also featured, along with a lady crawling on all fours and eating apples from a basket. Hooded men stood watch on either side of the scene.
A second showed women in their underwear surrounded by men in naval uniforms on a pirate ship. One lady has her mouth gagged and hands tied, while others crawl on the floor.
A man is also shown with a noose around his neck.
The ads drew complaints that they were demeaning to women because of their "explicit content".
Well, what do you think...............
