The United Kingdom will thank American Apparel to keep their filthy adverts off its genteel shores. The nation's Advertising Standards Authority has banned a couple of schoolgirl-themed ads by the company, claiming they've got the "potential to normalise predatory sexual behaviour."

There's no shame in the one night stand, says the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which ruled that a Harvey Nichols video advertisement depicting skimpily-dressed women blinking in the morning daylight as they slink by construction workers, eat street food, and stumble in heels "did not reinforce…

• Is Lady Gaga getting her butch on modeling for Vogue Hommes Japan under the pseudonym "Jo Calderone"? Nicola Formichetti styled — he works with Gaga regularly — and Nick Knight — ditto — published the pictures online. So. [ONTD]

• Here's a bored-looking Beyoncé, in a campaign for the European fast-fashion chain C&A. [Quem]
• Liza Minnelli is getting an HSN line! She'll be selling things she has in excess, including costume jewelry, clothing, and ex-husbands. [Daily Express]

Who in their right mind would ever think using anal sex to sell cellphone phone protection was a good idea? "Three women" from the advertising firm were okay with it. The ASA, however, was not. [AdFreak]

• Did L.A. boutique Maxfield drop Victoria Beckham's dVb in favor of Holmes & Yang? Posh's people say Maxfield hasn't ordered the line for three seasons, and the decision had nothing to do with Katie Holmes, who is Posh's friend. [P6]