Calvin Klein is under fire for a sexually explicit new billboard that's caught the eyes — and turned the stomachs — of many people who have seen it in New York.
The blue-jeans giant has unveiled a jumbo ad that shows two young men and a young woman entwined in a semi-nude threesome, as another man undresses.
The graphic image at the intersection of Houston and Lafayette Streets, in a hip neighborhood in downtown Manhattan, has some passersby oohing and aahing — and others averting their eyes.
"It's soft pornography is what it is," said Laurie Baranowski, who said she was in New York for a visit. "I don't think that just because you put Calvin Klein's name on it makes it acceptable. It's a beautiful picture, but I don't think that that's the place for it."
But others said that in New York, pretty much anything goes.
A spokesman for Calvin Klein could not be reached Monday morning, but he said earlier that the company's "intention was to create a very sexy campaign that speaks to our targeted demographic."
Whatever demographic they have in mind, Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, said the ad seems designed to offend just about everyone.
Sharp said Calvin Klein was using the ad to generate shock value and publicity, and he wondered why the clothing company didn't try putting more of its duds on display.
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