Although he was revered in the fashion world on the basis of his precise tailoring and perfection of fit, like all great artists he twisted the traditional and even tortured it. Grand theatrics were a consistent theme of his fashion shows, which have variously featured huge living trees, live wolves, holograms and automobile spray-paint machines — not to mention the premier of the Lady Gaga song, “Bad Romance,” which crashed the website where the show streamed live. Through these eccentric stagings, McQueen always presented a clear message in his shows. From the fleeting nature of celebrity to the promise of soft escape from a painful world, he usually expressed that intersection of life and death known as the bittersweet. McQueen walked fields of land mines and wasn’t afraid to set them off with his walking stick.
Although many may consider this extremely shallow, this is exactly what the fashion magazines are selling to us...identity. Photography, whether standalone or in a publication, is now easily the preferred medium in which to convey this identity. Photography has had a huge impact on the magazine/journalism industry ever since the first photographs could be mass produced within them , in the 1920s. Before photography, illustrations had to be used to represent the clothing and models. The clothing that one chooses to wear can greatly impact the viewer's perception that that person, for instance a businessman in a suit and tie will convey a sense of professionalism that a man in a pair of scruffy jeans would lack.
With such a substantial influence on the way people dress, Ralph Lauren has and continues to have strong consumer following with extremely loyal customers. Leader in Design, Marketing, and Distribution: Ralph Lauren is a worldwide leader in the design, marketing, and distribution of high quality lifestyle products. With their global reach, extensive product line, and multi-channel distribution, Ralph Lauren has a unique position among luxury apparel companies (Annual Report). Design: All Ralph Lauren products are designed by, or under the direction of, Mr. Ralph Lauren. Along with
(Tupac Shakur) C. Thesis Statement 2pac’s passion in his career awarded him with such great success that he has become a prominent artists of the 90’s who’s music is still appreciated in today’s pop cultural . D. Preview of main points: By understanding Tupac’s life and the dedication and determination he put into his career helped him in becoming one of the most original and successful rappers of all time. Body II Main point #1 Determination in his passion A. Tupac was born on June 16 1981 in east side Harlem, New York City growing up in poverty and in a time of racial struggle for the United States Tupac’s parents were advocate leaders for the Black Panther Party, a political party that valued black nationalism. I. The militant style and provoking ideologies for civil rights would later influence 2pac’s music.
What is the Blues? In the words of B.B. King, “Blues is a simple music and I’m a simple man” (qtd. in King and Ritz). From its simple and primitive origins, not only has the Blues affected culture throughout the Deep South, but Southern culture has had a strong influence on the creation of the Blues and its musicians.
Gucci vs. Usher I picked out the October, 2009 issue of GQ magazine, not only for its plentiful bounty of ads, but for the hot and sexy Olivia Wilde on the cover. While looking through GQ I came across two ads, both for cologne. The first one ad is advertising cologne by Gucci, and the other is an ad for Usher VIP. Even though the ads are both for cologne, they incorporate similar and different elements to sell their product.
Lacoste’s shirt allowed freedom of movement while remaining gracefully elegant. The shirt has redefined men’s sportswear, replacing the popular long-sleeved, starched, woven shirts of that day. Because it had a collar, it looked equally as graceful and refined on the tennis court as it did under tennis blazers and sweaters. In 1933 Andre Gillier, the owner of one of the biggest and oldest hosiery factories in Troyes specializing in mesh materials, entered the scene and the two men joined forces and set up a company to manufacture the crocodile logo-embroidered pique knit shirt. They created “La Chemise Lacoste” and the brand name was
Young men really do appeal to this product because they want to have a great in shaped body. They also used a celebrity endorsement by using Rich Froning 2011-2012 Crossfit Games Champion. I think this was such a good choice for a celebrity endorser because five years ago the Crossfit games did not exist. So, Rich Froning was just like every other guy in the gym just working out for the joy of it. Crossfit is a brand new and up and coming competition.
He is a former NFL player and also appeared in several popular movies and television shows, such as “Horrible Bosses,” and “Madea’s Big Happy Family.” He presents the masculine features of abs, muscles, broad shoulders, a deep voice, and height. He is a physically attractive male with traits that represents the “perfect man” in today’s society. Furthermore, presents great confidence, as he gives eye contact to the camera throughout the whole thirty second commercial, especially when expresses his lines with a commanding voice, when he states the ladies to “Look at your man, now back to me, back to your man, now back to me”. His posture, charming tone, elegant attitude again adds to his credibility to the male and female
Their campaign turned out to be a huge success making the money spent more than worthwhile. In their plot to re-stake their claim as a prevalent player in men’s personal hygiene products, Old Spice has employed several big name actors and athletes alike to represent the brand moving forward. In doing so, they seem to have accomplished more than one goal in not only appealing to men, but women as well. It has been said that sex sells. Well if this is true, Old Spice sold in a monstrous way.