Thursday, April 10, 2008

When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad?


MANY people look to fashion advertisements as eagerly as they do the layouts, and a perusal of the spring issues finds chalk-striped vamps at Dior, discoing Amazons at D&G, hipsters at Burberry and cloud-borne nymphs at Lanvin. Emerging from all this dreamy splendor, like an uninvited guest, her sharp elbows out, is the figure of Victoria Beckham.

When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad?

1 comment:

Hamachi Jo said...

Melissa, Amy and Laura had talked about this ad at one point. I had no idea what they were talking about. Thanks for cluing me in Jeff.

It looks just a stupid as I imagined it. Its like a surreal thing...not Dali...but not...well...good either.