Do we need nudity to sell designer furniture?

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Earlier I wrote about the stroller desk for one of my blogs Nest Goodies but I just had to comment on how bemused and a tad weirded out I am by the naked women posing on various pieces of affordable designer furniture.

I'm not a prude (I write about dating and relationships for a living so that's killed off any potential prudishness - If the walls could talk!) but I am very bored of obvious to the point of totally unnecessary nudity to sell products.

I get it - sex sells. Apparently. Actually it sells to some but not to all and the use of sexual imagery and messaging in advertising has become so overused and misused to the point of losing its proverbial mojo.

As someone who has a great appreciation for well designed, aesthetically pleasing products, I could do without having to look at someone's arse spread out on the furniture or the idea that their beaver is lounging against a big bean bag.

Using straplines like 'prices stripped bare' and 'beautiful furniture without the high street mark up', Made.com are obviously trying to convey the message with the naked women. I get it! But it doesn't sell the company's brand or their products to me because the bare arses pressed on furniture don't add any value to the experience. If anything they detract it... It seems we've become so casual about nudity and sex, it just appears everywhere - the casual sex of product and brand marketing...

But seriously, the desk sells itself and so does the price.