Showing posts with label jeans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jeans. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2013

The most naked ad I've ever seen is refreshingly unperverted



According to the evolution of public lice, humans and our ancestors have been wearing some sort of clothing for up to 3.3 million years. But this mythological reimagining of the dawn of pants is a little less icky.

I didn't count them, but prepare yourself for a multitude of swinging penises. And twice as many bared breasts. (Although I suspect some of the women in the ad concealed their nether parts behind merkins.)



The short film, called "Studies On Hysteria", is sponsored content for Colorado Denim. It was a project by three German student directors, Matthias Bäuerle, Gabriel Borgetto, Bernd Faaß, from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

It was shot at two open-air museums, which presented some logistical problems, according to this interview:
Since we were shooting with a naked cast, the managers of the museum didn’t want us to interfere with the school classes visiting on a daily basis. Hence, we could only shoot outside in the early morning and in the late afternoon when the museum was closed. However, due to a timing mistake, we were still shooting when the first grade school class passed by our set. I think they weren’t shocked too much, but the teachers wanted to call the cops… Fortunately they didn’t see us shooting the scene in the church.

The actors, apparently, are mostly real-life nudists who were recruited from online naturist communities. And I think that's why this thing ends up being entirely OK in my book. The nudity is equal, it's natural, and it's funny.

H/T Adrants

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Glenn Beck selling ethical jeans?



I really dislike Glenn Beck. I think he's full of shit. But there's one thing about his new line of jeans (yes, jeans!) that I like. Try to guess what it is:

Announcing 1791 Denim from 1791 Supply & Co. on Vimeo.

No, it's not the use of history to create a brand. (1791 was the year the US Bill of Rights was ratified.)

Nor is it, as Racked put it, that it "looks kinda like a Bon Iver video."

And it's definitely not Beck's shitty narration.

Got it yet? It's the domestic production.

Even as President Obama attacks his rival, Governor Romney, on outsourcing American jobs, this jerk of a conservative talking head is investing in a domestic garment industry. With labour laws that prevent the exploitation of children and vulnerable workers.

That's a good thing in my book, no matter who's behind it.

Tip via Flavorwire

Monday, August 27, 2012

A bad trip to the '80s with Lois jeans



Buzzfeed posted this absurd early-'80s ad for Lois Denim. Based on the minimalist techno hit "Da-Da-Da" by trio, it features models with bad hair gyrating into the camera.



Man, am I glad that decade is over.

Friday, January 27, 2012

F'd Ad Fridays: Scratch and Sniff jeans

"Give your weekend wardrobe a playful twist with Naked & Famous Denim's raspberry–scented scratch and sniff jeans. In the label's tapered Weird Guy fit, these indigo jeans can be scratched to give off a sweet raspberry scent. "
Raspberry scent? I guess it's better than Doritos.




Friday, November 18, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Killer jeans

As we get more and more saturated with sex and violence — both real and online — we apparently become harder to shock. So this long ad/short film for Australia's Billycock Denim & Co tries to lure us in with highly-sexualized psychopathy.



It's all very stylized and pretty average for the fashion industry. But will there come a point at which consumers won't want their denim brand associations to be about necrophilia and mass murder?

Dead sexy. (Ewwwwww!)

Via Illegal Advertising