Topic: Fashion
Wait, advertising and mass media perpetuate a bogus standard of fair-faced, rock-abbed, slim-framed beauty that's unattainable for most folks in real life? Whoa, when did that happen? Cue California filmmaker…
This has been kicking around for a day or two, but it's too weird not to mention: Upscale French fashion chain La Redoute committed the most bizarre of advertising fails…
H&M is taking some heat for pasting the heads of real models on computer-generated bodies in swimwear and lingerie photos on its site. To be more precise, the client is…
U.K. fashion retailer Harvey Nichols' new commercial by DDB London for its womenswear line suggests its clothing always looks good, even the morning after a night of regrettable post-holiday-office-party sex.…
Here's your totally loony fashion-related ad of the day—a spot from Norway's Bjørg Jewellery (and directors Matias & Mathias) in which a woman gets burned at the stake. It's called…
Britain's Ad Standards Authority just put the axe to a Drop Dead clothing ad because of a complaint that the model was too skinny. The ASA agreed that it was…
In an upcoming ad for the much-anticipated Versace collection at H&M, a supermodel gets stuck on a giant hamster wheel. That's exactly how I feel chasing all these limited-time designer…
Some people are on the warpath about Harmony Korine's new branded short film "Snowballs," backing Native American-inspired fall clothing from fashion line Proenza Schouler. Adjectives used to describe the clip…
Forever 21 is whizzing on the same electric fence that JCPenney did by selling a T-shirt that tells girls it ain't cool to be smart. While Penney's shirt advised girls…
Sometimes fashion houses lead, and sometimes they follow. In this case, it's clear that Lanvin has decided to follow the gaggle of miscreants on YouTube who insist on posting videos…
