October 29, 2021: Fashion designer Sabyasachi’s latest ‘Intimate Fine Jewellery’ collection has been receiving backlash on social media.
What has particularly irked a section of social media users are a series of advertisements for the label’s Royal Bengal Mangalsutra 1.2.
The promotional photoshoot features models wearing the mangalsutra while posing solo or in intimate positions with others.
No! This is no lingerie or C0nd0m Ad.
— श्रद्धा | Shraddha 🇮🇳 (@immortalsoulin) October 27, 2021
This is Sabyasachi Mangalsutra Ad.
Ultra Woke #Sabyasachi are so creatively bankrupt that they have to use semi naked models for a Mangalsutra ad.#BoycottSabyasachi #Femina pic.twitter.com/dim9YpJhgF
In one of the pictures, there is also a female model wearing a black brassiere along with the mangalsutra, resting her head on a shirtless male model.
I thought Sabyasachi launched his new lingerie collection, no no..that’s a mangalsutra ad.
— ℳℴ𝓊𝓂𝒾𝓉𝒶 🇮🇳 (@_mou_mita) October 27, 2021
I’m so regressive, I didn’t notice. 😊 pic.twitter.com/ieRY4rrvcr
Netizens took to Twitter to criticise the ad campaign for using “semi naked models for a Mangalsutra ad.”“I thought Sabyasachi launched his new lingerie collection, no no…that’s a mangalsutra ad. I’m so regressive, I didn’t notice,” wrote another user.
Mangalsutra looks like this #Sabyasachi
— Sheetal Chopra 🇮🇳 (@SheetalPronamo) October 27, 2021
It’s not a random piece of fashion jewellery, it indicates the love and commitment the husband and wife have towards each other. pic.twitter.com/HB3r4Aa4A4
The luxury mangalsutra is made of 18k gold with black onyx and pearls. It costs Rs 1,65,000.
Earlier in August, Sabyasachi received flak for selling “overpriced” cotton saris worth Rs 9,999, as part of his collaboration with H&M. In an official statement on Instagram, the designer said the collaboration was a kind of :wish filfillment”.
He wrote, “When H&M first came to me with the idea of the collaboration, I was very excited that I could finally reach out to the massive Sabyasachi tribe worldwide, even if it was just this once. I knew they had the power and distribution to make it happen. And it happened.”
Courtesy:Indian Express