If you allow your 15 year old daughter to model in questionable poses do you then have the right to sue the photographer if those pictures end up on a t-shirt?
According to the parents of teen model Hailey Clauson, you do.
Clauson's parents filed a $28 million lawsuit against Urban Outfitters and photographer Jason Lee Parry for using images of their daughter on a t-shirt as well as other products.
It's hard to say exactly if the parents consented to the images or not. This one in particular has gotten the parents in a furor over what they call "a blatantly salacious" image of their daughter.
The parents knew about the photo shoot and its racy poses, but object to the retailer’s use of them without their permission. Supposedly, Clausons agent at the time, complained about the provocative pictures and Parry agreed not to publish them. Blood is the New Black is the manufacturer of the questionable t-shirt and according to them they were not aware that the model was 15 at the time. Parry said the images were stolen from him and Blood is the New Black says they have worked with Parry in the past and had his permission to print the t-shirts.
Regardless of the exact story, I have been troubled by the models in urban outfitters catalogs to the extent that I don't even open them anymore, they go straight in the recycle bin and I make a call to ask them to take me off the mailing list.
Obviously, the parents are likely to come under fire for allowing the photographs to be taken in the first place. I think this brings up the bigger issue of how young models are portrayed as sexual beings from alarmingly young ages. It's frustrating to see clothing made for children as if girls as young as 7 have to worry about wearing a padded bikini top.What? Or skinny jeansHuh?
It sickens me to think about women being blamed for sexual abuse, rape, assault and other perverted and violent acts because of how they are dressed. Women who are adults experience this blame game and there are those who would agree that women dressed promiscuously are asking to be raped or assaulted.
Basically young women and girls don't stand a chance against this double standard. There are halter tops for girls as soon as they are out of the womb. Companies make skinny jeans and padded bras for girls that are 7 years old. Where is the outrage? Why aren't parents refusing to buy these things? Instead of buying your 7 year old niece a tube top for her birthday you should give her Mom the $15 to put away for college. If we are taking away the self-esteem of girls at such a young age, what can we expect them to do in the future? How can we expect them to even take themselves seriously?
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