By Stuart Smith on October 25, 2012
No surprise that the Advertising Standards Authority has banned another beauty ad – this time Black Swan Actress Natalie Portman modelling Christian Dior’s mascara, on account of her eyelashes being airbrushed to artificial perfection. Much more interesting is the fact that the complainant is not some earnest advocate of “real beauty” and, er, truth in [...]
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By Stephen Foster on December 30, 2011
Here we have singer Rihanna getting ‘em off (or possibly on, it’s hard to tell) on behalf of Armani Jeans. And the UK’s Daily Mail says this has been designated 2011′s sexiest commercial by Ad Age. But Ad Age says it never did. Sounds like another case of the British tabloid press never letting the [...]
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By Staff on December 7, 2011
As if Havas CEO David Jones wasn’t busy enough he’s found time to write a new book, Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business is Better Business. Here he explains why he wrote it. Six years ago, I was asked to speak at an Advertising Age Ideas Conference about redefining creativity. The key point of my [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Bart Becht, BP, corporate social responsibility, david jones, deepwater horizon, dior, egypt, GE, havas ceo, James Smith, Jeff Immelt, John Galliano, Kenneth Cole, marks & spencer, new book, one young world, Paul Myners, Paul Polman, Reckitt-Benckiser, shell, Sidney Toledano, social media, sustainability, Tony Haymard, unilever, who cares wins
By Angie Dean on September 6, 2011
Dior, founded by Christian Dior in 1946, is not just a huge luxury brand but a significant component in one of the most powerful companies on earth, LVMH Moet Hennessey of which it owns 42 per cent. Both Dior and LVMH are chaired by French tycoon Bernard Arnault. Times was when such luxury brand were [...]
Posted in Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Bernard Arnault, Charlize Theron, Christian Dior, dior, Grace Kelly, Jean-Jacques Annaud, lvmh moet hennessey, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich
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