ASOS have sparked controversy with their new ad campaign, with many twitter users branding it “racist”.
In a photo advertising a new range of Maybelline Fit Me! Foundation creams, the online retailer opted to use a black woman‘s arm as a swatch. The eccomerce giant was forced to pull the photo from their website.
The bright mascara is aimed at white people, and many Twitter uses have accused ASOS as using the woman‘s arm as a “prop”, according to the Daily Mail.
‘hey! black ppl! u don’t need to wear this foundation, but we will use u as a measure of others lightness!’ pic.twitter.com/zuqoO7iWPY
— peatree bojangles (@peatreebojangle) September 11, 2016
@ASOS and @Maybelline they don’t care about black lives until they want our money pic.twitter.com/y0vj3XtAjJ
— IamCeritaChavez (@RumpelStilts189) September 11, 2016
ASOS told the Daily Mail in response: “We are always trying out different ways to showcase products on our site and the colour swatches on models is a new trial in our beauty range.
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“We would never want to cause any offense and this feedback will help us get it right.”
In February ASOS were forced to pull a similar photo, in which a black male model was seen wearing a t-shirt emblazened with
“slave”.
Last month ASOS were named the UK’s most reputable company, just two weeks after Owen Smith called for an enquiry into their working practices.
