From Nazi propaganda accusations and Brooke Shield's references, the American Eagle's back-to-school campaign has captured public attention, sparking wide-scale debate across social media.

Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle campaign is also drawing comparisons to Brooke Shields' controversial Calvin Klein ad from 1980. Shields' age (she was 15 at the time) ruffled feathers due to the commercial's provocative tagline: "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."

American Eagle’s fall campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney is drawing fire over a controversial play on the word “genes."