Cartier None Too Pleased by Vulgar Parody of Its Brand Logo Fashion house hits back
Surprise! Cartier doesn't like hats that spoof the brand's scripted logo by repurposing it as an insult derived from a slang word for female genitalia. According to the Daily Beast, a Parsons grad student originally made two "Cuntier" beanies as a personal gag because some people at a Cartier store were being mean to his friend. But then he started to produce a handful more because people seemed to think the caps were funny enough to buy. Cartier, ever in touch with reality, responded by sending the student a letter demanding he stop, and thereby proving the original point that Cartier is, of course, not in the least bit stuffy and does not take itself too seriously at all. The baffled student reportedly acquiesced, making him less litigious than the fashion satirists behind other renegade brands like The South Butt and Chewy Vuiton.
- Embattled P&G CEO Out, Replaced by Predecessor
- The Guardian to Consolidate Web Properties Under One Domain
- JCPenney One of 10 Brands Predicted to Die in Next Year
- Are You Young and Male? Discovery Says This TestTube's for You
- NSA Media Creates Alliance With Wishabi
- Dwell Media Hires New Head of Digital From Yahoo
- FTC May Not Be Done With Google Yet
- Top Digital Publishers Praise Yahoo's Tumblr Deal
- JCPenney One of 10 Brands Predicted to Die in Next Year
- Rapture-Palooza Star Anna Kendrick Is Addicted to Reddit
- Ad of the Day: Dodge
- Microsoft Humiliates Siri in Biting Parody of Apple's iPad Ads
- What If Arrested Development Were Coming Back on YouTube?
- Cadillac Nears Decision in Creative Review
- Group of Web Video Companies Band Together to Ensure Ads Are Viewable
- Embattled P&G CEO Out, Replaced by Predecessor
AdFreak is your daily blog of the best and worst of creativity in advertising, media, marketing and design. Follow us as we celebrate (and skewer) the latest, greatest, quirkiest and freakiest commercials, promos, trailers, posters, billboards, logos and package designs around. Edited by Adweek's Tim Nudd. Updated every weekday, with a weekly recap on Saturdays.


Email
Print







