Large ladies lingerie: Too much is too much for the networks.
By Michael Mark, Founder Seems there’s a double standard for the ladies with double Ds. Victoria’s Secret shows skinny girls in nothing much, and the world gawks. I do, too. I admit it. But when larger sized models do the same, they are told they are too sexy. I think that might be a triple standard. I went to the Lane Bryant web site to take a professional gander. But they’re being a tease and won’t let you see behind the scenes yet – they want you to come back... Read The Rest →
Advertising’s Obligation to Society
By Michelle Edelman, President @NYCA I debated whether to write this blog post or not, as its very existence will yield another set of impressions for this advertising. http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/09/911-was-nothing-according-to-new-wwf-ad.html DDB and WWF Brazil teamed up to create this execution and both companies are quite remorseful about this. And yet, someone at DDB submitted this to the One Show, and it won an award there. The One Show is also quite remorseful about this. As businesspeople, we all have an obligation to move society forward in a positive way. In advertising,... Read The Rest →
