Entries Tagged as ‘Adverts’

April 1, 2008

Heroin Chic for Topshop

Time for a serious note i think… OK so we know models are thin, news flash right? but I was really very shocked at the state of the Topshop model below. Just look at her cheek bones and sunken eyes. This isn’t sexy… -

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The whole ‘waif’ or ‘Heroin Chic’ look, as it has become known, became [...]

March 29, 2008

Kate Moss vs. Lilly Cole

Being one of Kate Moss’ biggest fans ever ever ever, I might be slightly biased, however the Yves Saint Laurent ad campaign is so amazingly understated and beautiful that every time I see a new picture my heart flutters a little. I know they are “so yesterday” but I meant to write about them quite a [...]

March 27, 2008

We Love Burberry!

I think my favourite designer of the moment has to be Burberry, (shall we not mention the Chav-Check which took off a few years back). But despite that, Burberry is back with a vengeance and has the most fantastic range EVER. If Burberry Prorsum wasn’t fantastic enough they have now gone all mod and sleek, [...]

March 24, 2008

Bad hair days…

Growing up I always saw models as tall beautiful people with clear skin and perfect shiny hair. So when I see models for designers like Nicole Farhi and Pringle of Scotland looking like they have just got out of bed (and not in a sexy way) it kind of goes against the grain. I suppose this is probably [...]

March 24, 2008

DSquared go fetish

I had only ever associated designers Dsquared, with American TV. They have appeared on such guilty pleasures as America’s Next Top Model, and Super Sweet 16 etc. However I was settling down to March Vogue and saw the most striking add for their new range  of shoes. The first thing it made me think of was [...]

March 24, 2008

Gucci by Gucci

Gucci by Gucci, original eh? I haven’t yet had a smell of it so i can’t really criticise (although I’ve been told by a very reliable source that it smells like cat piss). But what I really have a problem with is the TV add. A comedian (not sure who) said that all perfume adds don’t [...]