Sydney is the face of American Eagle’s latest denim ad campaign, which centers around the tagline: “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” as a play on “great genes.” There are a ton of pictures and clips you can still find on AE’s socials, but I’ll tell you about the ones getting the most backlash...

U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney’s new American Eagle ad, featuring the line “great jeans,” sparked debate over beauty standards and a pun critics say nods to eugenics, the discredited theory of selective human breeding.