it's easy to say that the peoples' campaign was inspired by mad men, but plenty of photo shoots that lionize that style period pre-date the show. the brad & angelina photo spread for "w" is a good example.
It may be the queerest of the queer, but this campaign isn't garbage. I still get happy feet when I see everything illuminated like this. Just a (hob)bit.
@cailizma: I think they're great for basics if you fit their archetype, but their menswear runs incredibly short (Target's does as well from time to time, but not consistently like Gap), which has stopped me from shopping there. Having said that, I love their holiday ads for being cheerful and benign, and their choice of nonthreatening and unsexualized spokesmodels is a boon for those of us who don't like to be intimidated by models (the year they had Liz Phair dressed down in cardigans and sensible skirts after her Avril Lavigne-esque sexualized "girl" downfall a few years prior I nearly died).
It'll be neat to see the company get "more modern" though.
I think Elijah looks fantastic in the ad. I don't know what it is about him, but he rocks that nerdy/yuppie thing so well. Also, I don't really get Man Men from it at all.
@Penny: Good question. But I'm also pretty excited--Gap advertising is ok, and it's consistent, but Crispin is a creative in a way that blows my mind at times. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the account.
Rene Russo's feet and shoes look enormous in those photos, and I for one find that very encouraging. As a size 11-er myself, I tire of seeing ads with little cute and delicate shoes that will end up looking like boats when (IF) they're made big enough to fit me.
Well, dayum, Ms. Russo! Putting me to shame, you are. That photo is lovely. My cankles do not love the shoes, though. Plus I have this aversion to white shoes because they tend to look a bit too grandma. Anyway, I never wash my pajamas unless I happened to have a sweaty night, which happens once in a while. Other than those occasions, though, how dirty could I possibly get while sleeping swaddled in my bed? Oh but my ridiculous showering habit cancels out any green efforts I may attempt. I do one at night, a long one, and a quick one every morning to wake up and wash my hair. I have the hair of a pubescent teen. It's unfortunate because washing it every morning = blowing it out every morning. But, by the end of the day, I can actually smell the sebum in my locks and it is just disgusting. Mr. Foibs does not understand my excessive showering because he can go days and days without one and never smells at all. I'm like, well, you don't have a vadge and I do. It requires more attention than your equipment does. Plus the whole shaving thing which I have gotten way more lax about in my dotage.
It should be pointed out that Rowan didn't convene the panel, Vivienne Westwood did, and invited her to take part because she was sceptical that fashion could save the planet.
Oh and her friend is going to Florence anyway, she doesn't send the dresses special like.
Dude, Guess?'s sales are tanking in the US because, well, their clothing sucks.
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It'll be neat to see the company get "more modern" though.
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I'm still too fat for Uniqlo clothes though, curse them.
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Oh and her friend is going to Florence anyway, she doesn't send the dresses special like.
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And I actually have a problem with this. No less than four years ago, I loved Guess. Then Guess went Marciano and I scratched my head. Then they found monograms and the shade of gold and I stamped my foot. Now you can't buy anything in the store that isn't a denim corset, polyester jumpsuit, or underwire blouse/ corset monstrosity.