A men's tailor in the UK uses power lesbians to sell his suits

 ...but I don't really care...that was hot

I know it's just explotation of woman etc. and as a femnist I should be outraged but as a lesbian I'm just turned on

"You have tea with a lesbian...a Dyke will PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE!...and then buy you a beer"-Andrea, 3 Way

The song is called "Goody Goody" and the singers name is Arielle (like the murmaid).

Here's a link to youtube: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyUAcUPUFzY 

I sure feel pretty good about myself finding this. 

This probably would have been a better advertisement for underwears/lingerie cause I mean honestly...I don't even remember the suits at the end I remember is two things:

Lesbians

Lingerie

Me like :D must play again :) i just wish there was a thing on youtube that would let me play it backwards, so that i could see it from the beginning too...

I still go on the swings, but now my ass gets stuck.

Women in suits = Hot

Women in lingerie= Hot

I love it!

THat was hot, playful, and adorable ...for this lesbian anyway :) Pretty much my cuppa tea....

Not sure it would set het men alight though. Neither of the women were the stereotypical bait for straight men. Neither had big boobs for a start!

And if u find out the name of the song Jen, let me know :)

I don't think that it was exploiting, it was set as light and good fun with the french music, it wasn't sleezy or slow motion type that is often used when just appealing to your average hetrosexual 18-25 male and I loved their interactions at the end!! The dark haired girl looked especially good in the three piece!!

What is it about beautiful women in tailored suits, cufflinks and sexy undergarments? They are hot is what!!

I, too, liked the lil' interaction at the end.

Gender bending at its finest!

Ahhhh I need to get proper suits for my upcoming job so I got all excited about this shop, especially since it's like 10 minutes from where I live!

But they don't do women's suits. Psh. Misleading.

If they're gonna put out an ad with women wearing suits they should at least, you know - cater to women wearing suits. 

Feminist or not, this vid is sexxxy

btw 

... I totally sent this to afterellentips a couple of weeks ago 

That was...wonderful.

At the beginning, I can see how it could have been a little iffy, but during the rewind when the blond one tugged on the brunette's pants...well, that's where you got me.

They looked really nice in those suits. And that foot tap was super cute.

 Favorited. 

  Is that wrong?

 "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I'm with your girlfriend." -The Ki

I love women in tailored suits. I love wearing tailored suits. So that sounds a little weird.

Nevertheless, I liked the commercial. Makes me want to buy one for sure lol.

Hmm, I love that commercial.  Wish there were more like it in here.

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"Great.  Not only do I feel creepy but now I look like I'm 1,000 and that I've been smoking meth all my life." -Sara Quin

Gee Gosh. I really liked that ad. It was hot in an old-school-English-Draco/Harry-but-girls kinda way... And I didn't find it offensive at all. *watches again* 

I like the ad. mind you, some women wears the suits much better than men. actually I haven't met any guys that can carry out a suit as well as someone from my work, seriously!

That was great!

Speaking as a suit-wearer myself, I think I might well look into getting one of those.

Suits I mean. Ahem.

As a lesbian who also considers herself a feminist, I don't see a single thing wrong with this advert.
It starts with women in their underwear. I think it's high time we just accepted that most everyone wears skivvies, and that not all images of ladies in deshabille are exploitative.
There are some, certainly, but lets give the benefit of the doubt for a second.

Neither of these ladies are at all an approximation of the heterosexual male fantasy. The blonde comes close, but even then it's not 100%.
The brunette? Absolutely not.
The flashing clips towards the portraits and the statues impart a bit of a voyeuristic attitude towards the clip--but at the same time, the first portrait we're shown is of an androgynous/gender bending indivual of indeterminate gender.

As the advertisement scrolls in reverse, we start to see an interaction that becomes less Playboy and fauxbian, and more genuinely lesbian in aesthetic. We start to see some pretty awesome genderbending in the last couple of scenes.

Does anyone really think that if the tailors were advertising by exploiting lesbians, they'd put them in full three piece suits?
I highly doubt that.

I'll make a broad, sweeping statement here and say that, as a general rule, the people who most enjoy the image of a woman in a men's suit are--- lo and behold, women. I mean, look at our own reactions in this thread. Even the folks who arent sure if they should be offended are sure they really like this ad.
Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich kicked ass back in the day for gender bending in suits--and they were gay women. There's always been that gender bending aesthetic to the suit, and I think this tailor picked that up and ran with it.
Maybe he's even being super-savvy and playing to two markets simultaleously--men of discerning taste and a great deal of disposable income who will appreciate the tailoring of the suit (aka his established customers) and secondly, women in positions of power who see this advertisement, recognize the (power) aesthetic and buy into it.

Personally, I think that this is a brilliant example of subtle, (relatively) tasteful marketing.
Those women, as depicted? Definitely not straight. Their demeanor just doesn't say it. 
And wow. Now I want to buy one of those suits.