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Adidas pulls ‘sexualised’ World Cup T-shirts

on Feb 26, 2014 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Sportswear giant Adidas has been forced to pull a range of ‘sexualised’ T-shirts ahead of the World Cup after Brazilian officials complained they encouraged sex tourism.

One offending garment incorporated an image of a bikini-clad woman alongside the words ‘Looking to score?’ whilst another T-shirt ran with an ‘I Love Brazil’ legend… with love taking the form of a heart shaped like a bikini bottom.

These elicited the ire of the local tourism board which said “…any links between national icons and images with sex appeal” were against the country’s official marketing policies.
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Source: The Drum