Teh One Who Knocks
12-11-2011, 11:49 AM
Jackie Sinnerton - The Sunday Mail (Qld)
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RAUNCHY T-shirts selling in Queensland's shopping centres have sparked a call for a review of offensive material legislation.
T-Shirts with crude messages have now hit mainstream shopping malls courtesy of the big brands.
New-season T-shirts from sports brand Adidas include one emblazoned with a topless girl in a sexy pose.
While the Adidas logo covers the girl's nipples, there is an abundance of shirts with exposed nipples and bare bottoms on sale in big-brand stores and online.
The Facebook page of the T-Base store at Sunshine Plaza, Maroochydore, features a photo of a boy wearing a "Boobies make me smile" T-shirt, and the store stocks tees with nipple-exposed shots of Kate Moss.
Adidas Global said there was no move to withdraw the T-shirt but they told The Sunday Mail they apologised to consumers affronted by the design.
Owner of the T-Base store claimed the store made the T-shirt specifically for the boy at his mother's request.
"We don't do sleazy," she said. "That was just for a laugh ... I don't sell the porn-style shirts - only artistic ones like the Kate Moss item."
This new wave in T-shirts has outraged Wendy Francis, Queensland director for the Australian Christian Lobby.
"It is unbelievable that a trusted and conservative company like Adidas would follow the trend of semi-nude tees," Ms Francis said.
Recently 60 of Australia's leading women's and children's advocates, including the Reverend Tim Costello and Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive Joe Tucci, signed an open letter to retailers urging them to stop selling sexualised T-shirts.
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RAUNCHY T-shirts selling in Queensland's shopping centres have sparked a call for a review of offensive material legislation.
T-Shirts with crude messages have now hit mainstream shopping malls courtesy of the big brands.
New-season T-shirts from sports brand Adidas include one emblazoned with a topless girl in a sexy pose.
While the Adidas logo covers the girl's nipples, there is an abundance of shirts with exposed nipples and bare bottoms on sale in big-brand stores and online.
The Facebook page of the T-Base store at Sunshine Plaza, Maroochydore, features a photo of a boy wearing a "Boobies make me smile" T-shirt, and the store stocks tees with nipple-exposed shots of Kate Moss.
Adidas Global said there was no move to withdraw the T-shirt but they told The Sunday Mail they apologised to consumers affronted by the design.
Owner of the T-Base store claimed the store made the T-shirt specifically for the boy at his mother's request.
"We don't do sleazy," she said. "That was just for a laugh ... I don't sell the porn-style shirts - only artistic ones like the Kate Moss item."
This new wave in T-shirts has outraged Wendy Francis, Queensland director for the Australian Christian Lobby.
"It is unbelievable that a trusted and conservative company like Adidas would follow the trend of semi-nude tees," Ms Francis said.
Recently 60 of Australia's leading women's and children's advocates, including the Reverend Tim Costello and Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive Joe Tucci, signed an open letter to retailers urging them to stop selling sexualised T-shirts.