Putting 'Real Women' In Marketing Campaigns Is Quickly Becoming A Gimmick

While it's great that brands would want to showcase the diversity of "real beauty," it needs to be done with authenticity.

betabrandTrend alert! Lots of brands are using “real women” (and “real people” in general) to sell their product.

Recently, it was Betabrand, an online retailer of crowdsourced clothing based in San Francisco, that got a lot of buzz for the campaign it launched for its latest collection. Rather than using models, the company outfitted PhDs with the new clothes.

“Our designers cooked up a collection of smart fashions for spring, so why not display them on the bodies of women with really big brains?” founder Chris Lindland told AdWeek.

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