CALVIN KLEIN THREESOME BILLBOARD: Too Hot For Houston Street? (PHOTO, POLL)

Calvin Klein's newest NYC billboard has some SoHo passersby stopping in shock. The advertisement features three topless models--and one's a woman--and another bony boy unzipping his pants, all showing their love for great jeans, and each other.

Many residents told the Associated Press that the scene is too much to see during their morning commute.

"I think it's obscene," said Rachelle Brunn, who was passing by the extremely large billboard in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood. "They always have ads that are pushing the envelope, but this one is the worst I've seen since I've been here. My biggest concern is that it gives teens the wrong idea."

And the tourists...oh, the tourists:

Jodi Baron, who was visiting New York City from Cleveland, said the billboard's location didn't matter. "One girl. Three guys. No shirts. It's not the best way to depict women," Baron said. "I don't care if it's New York City. I think it's really inappropriate."

But certain fashion designers are absolutely enthralled by Calvin Klein's tantalizing tableau, according to The Cut.

Womenswear designer Francisco Costa, too, loves the ad, and is upset he even has to defend it. "Please!" he said. "It's so, like, old news. Don't you think we should be a little ashamed for even having to discuss? I mean, it's great for us. So if you want to talk about it, let's talk about it. But there was no intention of making that controversial. Just make beautiful ads. And they're beautiful ads. And I think, you know, we're such a forward society, but we tend to be a little prudish sometimes. It's New York City! It's the 21st century! Honey, we have to move on! We have to move on."

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Comments

[comeback]

Sickening..No wonder kids are all f**ked up anymore...

[Ilana Gurman]

I think it's ridiculous...what's the point of it? The scene is not particularly beautiful, aesthetic, smart...nothing. It's cheap, easy advertising. With a little pathetic shock element.
One would expect to find a bit more brains driving Calvin Klein adverts.
Wishful thinking.

[samsonite]

seriously, ck has to go to this pathetic level to sell jeans? my children see enough without a jeans advert showing a lack of morals and depicting young girls in this type of setting, clad this way. how are we supposed to keep our children young and chaste and teach them self worth and respect etc when this type of thing is all over teaching them to be loose and dirty sexually sprawled out half naked w/in a 4some setting! and then we wonder why we see such horrible things happening to our young ones in the news from child porn to rape and worse. i despise this kind of disgust they call an ad. ck can create beautiful even sexy ads viewed and appreciated by all ages and sexes without this filth, that frankly shows no skill in advert by them as a whole. i will buy my products elsewhere now, thank you very much.

[metropixie]

What bothers me is that Calvin Klein couldn't find any non-Caucasian models, so to me this is more troubling than the suggestion of people about to engage in group sex...

[spiffarino]

Sure...put a hot black dude in the mix and Houstonians will pitch a five alarm bitch.