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La Redoute In Naked Man Scandal After A Nude Bather Is Left In Children's Clothes Advert

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Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 04/01/12 15:41 GMT Updated: 05/01/12 10:48 GMT

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French fashion chain La Redoute has been forced to cover up an embarrassing 'faux pas' after it forgot to airbrush a naked bather from a children's photo shoot.

Look more closely at this beach shot of happy children running on the sand and a man can be seen wading up the sea-shore, completely naked.

The amusing and alarming shot was left on the clothing website for several hours on Wednesday, much to French tweeters' glee.

"EPIC FAIL de la Redoute!" one tweeter wrote, while another wrote "SCANDALE!"

La Redoute has since apologised for the mistake and taken the picture down:



La Redoute
La vous présente ses excuses pour la photographie publiée sur son site et fait le nécessaire pour la supprimer.

(In English):
La Redoute # apologises for the photograph published on its site and is taking steps to remove it.


However as focus intensified on La Redoute's website, especially the page featuring la homme nu, or "the naked man" , another error was spotted.



Eagle-eyed viewers have discovered the T-shirt advertised also bears a spelling mistake. The French company has emblazoned "Enjoy Holydays" on the child's T-shirt, instead of "Enjoy Holidays.


Terrafemina
La Redoute : Après l'homme nu, le t-shirt avec une faute d'orthographe

La Redoute: after the naked man, a T-shirt with a spelling mistake.


The identity of the bather is not yet known, but the online community have been photoshopping the nude man and placing him in a number of other shots, while others are cutting and pasting famous people into the original image:

A picture of Sarkozy and Carla Bruni have been photoshopped into the La Redoute picture


A whole host of images have sprung up, under the tagline "la redoute en vacances", or roughly translated, "on holiday with La Redoute", featuring the naked bather in various famous shots from around the world.

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French fashion chain La Redoute has been forced to cover up an embarrassing 'faux pas' after it forgot to airbrush a naked bather from a children's photo shoot. Look more closely at this beach shot...
French fashion chain La Redoute has been forced to cover up an embarrassing 'faux pas' after it forgot to airbrush a naked bather from a children's photo shoot. Look more closely at this beach shot...
 
 
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Keith Greenwood
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08:22 PM on 01/06/2012
WHY WAS THE PERVERT NEAR CHILDREN
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AcaciaJules
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09:04 AM on 01/08/2012
What?! Are you trying to be funny?
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kissmeraas
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03:49 AM on 01/06/2012
Surely they should be apologising to the guy for photographing him without consent & explaining why they took children to a nudist beach to sell clothes?!
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mousegrafx
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11:37 PM on 01/05/2012
The ultimate "photobomber" ;) Obviously, French children are used to seeing naked bathers in their far less sexually-repressed nation, so I'm sure it was no big deal to them -- it is only the world stage that has a problem with it.......
And frankly I'm surprised more hasn't been said about the cross carved into the rock behind the naked man!! "Ooooo, they are also promoting Christianity along with nudity!", etc. LOL

It's a very cute pic of the kids, however :)
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Kermit Blackwood
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08:55 PM on 01/05/2012
We really need to gain a more healthy perspective about nudity. Why are we reinforcing notions that nudity is vulgar and ugly? Are we not all born naked? Children should not be exposed to sexuality but surely we do not equate nudity with sexual behavior as that's just banal and puritanical.
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phurst
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12:13 PM on 01/06/2012
Why can't there be more enlightened people like yourself populating our society. Those who have an issue with there natural appearance by hiding it, indicate that they have unstable factors at play in their personality, which they cannot come to terms with - and that's not good for everyone, let alone the individual themselves.
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claraluz
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09:42 PM on 01/06/2012
Oh let's not be naive -- we ARE sexual beings, and a naked man is going to be looked at as a sexual object by both sexes, and anyone who denies it is a liar. Moreover, while sexual activities are certainly pleasurable, let's be honest, there is absolutely NOTHING esthetically pleasant about genitals when looked at objectively. Mother Nature played a dirty trick on us on that score.
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Ryan Johns
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05:35 PM on 01/05/2012
WHAT A COCK UP! (No pun intended!)
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ridethecliche
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03:19 PM on 01/05/2012
Haha, the 'Dear Leader' one is awesome!
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rt1027
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04:59 AM on 01/05/2012
big deal........
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adidasmmxx
No likey? Not bovvered !
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05:15 PM on 01/04/2012
TBH I think id rather the naked man stayed instead of the sarcastic twins
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