Procter & Gamble strikes a partnership with global and national designers in a bid to jazz up the Fabric Care category that includes Tide, Downy, Gain and Bounce. The company states that the move is aimed at “exploring the future of fabrics and the science behind the beauty and care of clothes.” As part of the initiative, P&G partners with British fashion designer Giles Deacon, fabric and textiles show and trends observer Première Vision, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Year: 2013
In early 2013, Absolut teamed up with Threadless users for a crowdsourcing contest to develop a new limited-edition bottle for the latest city-inspired flavor, Absolut Chicago. Now, the brand is unveiling the results of the collaboration—an artwork created by Ross Bruggink, 26, reflects the city’s architecture and culture symbols that make Chicago a modern classic.
As part of its fall-winter 2013 campaign, adidas Originals is rolling out an effort, SneakerSwitch, packed with fan creativity. The brand is inviting public to try its miadidas customization feature and share the result for a chance to receive a one-of-a-kind shoe that is designed by adidas ambassadors or other winners of the competition.
Uniqlo is launching Uniqlo HairDo, an unexpected addition to the lookbook of the 2013 Fall & Winter collection—the Japanese clothing brand is unveiling simple hairstyles that will best fit the new items of the brand. All of the hairdos are DIY (“do-it-yourself”), and the brand is explaining how to create each of them with a step-by-step tutorial.
Brave, Mother and Wieden + Kennedy London have “rebranded” feminism for the November issue of the women’s magazine Elle UK. The campaign aims to draw a new picture of what feminism is, without any labels. For the project, the agencies have teamed up with feminist groups— Mother partnered with The Feminist Times, Brave worked with teenage feminist campaigner Jinan Younis, and W+K collaborated with two women behind the Vagenda website, Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett.