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This Finnish Newspaper Put the Year’s Ugliest News on Ugly Christmas Sweaters

TBWA\Helsinki helps put gravity on a holiday fashion tradition

War is one of the five themes Helsingin Sanomat put on ugly sweaters.Helsingin Sanomat / TBWA\Helsinki
By Doug Zanger

December 12, 2018

One brand trend that seems to keep moving at pace is that of the ugly Christmas sweater. Coca-Cola’s 2013 popular “Coke Zero Sweater Generator” scaled the exposure of the phenomenon, and everyone from Burger King to Liquid-Plumr have jumped on the bandwagon.

Doug Zanger

Doug Zanger is Adweek's Agencies editor, focusing on creativity and agencies.

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