Category Archives: designer ads

Yay DVF!

The recent DVF online ads look like so much fun! Yay! Look at us, we’re jumping in heels. We’re wearing Diane and we’re awesome. Don’t you wish you were us? Don’t you wish you could fit into these clothes? Don’t you wish you could afford these clothes? Deep down inside models everywhere are hoping the [...]

By Eva | Posted April 2, 2008 in designer ads | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A Play on Eff

I’ve always found that the FCUK (French Connection) thing was a cute play on the eff bomb. So every now and again, I’ll stop by the site to see what’s doing. I’ve been behind on doing that but was reminded by this ad in Nylon Magazine (there’s also an unrelated Alexander McQueen cheerleading thing that [...]

By Eva | Posted March 6, 2008 in deconstructing, designer ads, trendspotting | Comments (0)

Marc Jacobs Ignores

Kudos to Marc Jacobs for ignoring Blackwell’s Hollywood’s worst dress list and going with Victoria Beckham for his series of ads.. While deep down agreeing with Blackwell is a natural inclination, Jacobs decided Posh is just right for his series of ads. The internet favorite is Posh’s legs dangling out of a Marc Jacob’s bag. [...]

By Eva | Posted January 22, 2008 in deconstructing, designer ads | Comments (0)

On Ben Sherman

While many are going to immediately shoot off their mouths and say they are oh so over the party photos / fashion thing, Ben Sherman’s new campaign shows us why it has life left in it. The series of ads shot by photo blogger Merlin Bronques and styled by blogging contributor Josh Madden takes us [...]

By Eva | Posted December 19, 2007 in designer ads, trendspotting | Comments (1)

Highlighted Fashion Ads this Year

You don’t read Vogue, Elle, Instyle for the wonderfully deep fashion articles. You read them to see the ads. At least that’s what we’re thinking the editors believe. So it comes as no surprise that we would have our favorites. There was no scientific guess work here, we trolled through our stacks of magazines started [...]

By Eva | Posted November 28, 2007 in designer ads | Comments (9)