Vintage Bijou

Aug 26, 2008 @ 12:00pm

Here's some food for thought in light of the ongoing outrage over models' ages -

Do you remember those Calvin Klein ads from the early 90's? Yeah? Remember how there was something a little creepy about them, like if Dov Charney had a camcorder set up in his basement?

Well, check out these CK clips (which were eventually banned for being "too offensive"), including a slightly squeaky-voiced Bijou Phillips.

In case you're wondering, Bijou was born in 1980.

--LEAH MELTZER

posted by shinyredthermos

Aug 26, 2008 12:15PM

that made me feel so wrong. hahaha.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 12:20PM

Definitely creepy. So glad these were banned!

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 12:37PM

ish. not sexy.

posted by LauraMilli

Aug 26, 2008 12:48PM

yikes.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 1:12PM

So creepy. Made me want to take a shower. Even back in the 90's, how could those ads be seen as a successful marketing tool? Thank God they were banned.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 1:13PM

i kind of love the italian actress.

Poor bijou's voice is so squeaky!!

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 2:24PM

I totally remember these. I remember there being a big scandal about them, but I think I was too young at the time to pick up on the creepiness of them. I do have a distinct memory of the guy "moshing" around. So 90s

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 2:46PM

ummm...the person who thought of this should be fired...this makes me NOT want to buy calvin klein jeans.

posted by laurenash

Aug 26, 2008 2:48PM

The camera man totally sounds like he wants to bed all the kids.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 2:51PM

We used to have one of the posters up in the bathroom of our office. I loved that ad campaign. It created amazing buzz for Calvin and looked great. I wish I still had the post cards.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 3:08PM

omg soooooooooooo creepy!

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 3:31PM

wasn't Kate in one of the ads?

posted by bananahana

Aug 26, 2008 3:33PM

whoa there.
i stopped watching this after the first guy. those short shorts look real nice on you.

how is that supposed to make us want to buy their stuff?

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 3:36PM

that is not the original voice of the director. that was done after to try to
please the people from calvin .you should
try to get the real ones

posted by dcmulderrig

Aug 26, 2008 4:52PM

ewwwy! this is too creepy. the camera mans voice is begging to get in bed with all of the models.

posted by guest

Aug 26, 2008 7:25PM

SO SO SO creepy.

posted by monkey323

Aug 27, 2008 12:36AM

in the 90's this was called offensive...in 2000's it's called American Apparel

posted by adora

Aug 27, 2008 10:19AM

I was 4 years old when these came out so obviously I don't remember them, however if I were a teenager then and had seen these ads, I would have made a mental note to never wear CK jeans not only because they're ugly, but also because they apparently attract pedophiles.

posted by guest

Aug 27, 2008 10:49AM

The italian actress's name is Eva Grimaldi.
She's quite famous in Italy - but not only for good reasons (she had been doing strips on tv for a while...gross) and now she's been doing fictions (she can't really act propely in my opinion). It's so weird I have found her here!

posted by guest

Aug 27, 2008 8:53PM

"I smile with my eyes." - Eva Grimaldi
"You need to smile with your eyes." - Tyra