BOSSES of an upmarket lingerie store chain are poised to learn if a risque new advert is too offensive to be seen on Glasgow's streets.

Licensing chiefs will decide tomorrow whether Agent Provocateur, a favourite with celebrities, can place a series of adverts on cabs featuring cartoon-style images of corsets and whips.

If approved, the adverts would cover an entire cab and include images of G-strings, masks and leather boots.

A further advert on the underside of the cab's fold-down seats would carry the Ingram Street store's contact details along with the slogan knickers to Glasgow.' As is the case with all cab adverts, the local authority must provide approval, with each application considered on its own merits.

But a report going before each member of the committee tomorrow states: "Advertisements will not be permitted if they are likely to offend public taste."

Two years ago several cabs were refused permission to to carry adverts by another lingerie firm, featuring models posing in underwear.

Councillors found the advert in breach of the council's strict no-nudity clause.

And in the same year, a Glasgow beauty salon boss was told her image of a model having a hot stone massage was too sexy for the city's streets.

The decision provoked outrage from Brenda Kingswood, owner of Savannah Beauty Centre, in Jordanhill who described the move as "draconian".

The city's Agent Provocateur store, where knickers sell for around £40 and a bra £75, opened in Ingram Street in August.

The chain, which has 40 stores worldwide, has attracted a who's who of celebrity clientele including Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera and Nicole Kidman.

It was launched in 1994 by Joseph Corre, son of cult fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.