From lip-locks to… poo. Benetton, the apparel brand which has recently launched its new campaign featuring kissing political leaders, now is exploring another facet of life, which is much less enjoyable. November is the month when World Toilet Day is celebrated (it’s marked on November 19), and the brand has dedicated the new edition of its COLORS magazine to this theme, which is usually not openly discussed. The Shit. A survival guide puts the everyday sanitation issues into the spotlight and invites readers to start exploring the ‘excrement’ problem. The more we are ignoring it, the more pressing it gets, so Benetton invites all of us to get informed about the fecal matter and start the conversation on a global scale.
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Benetton has announced the birth of an online community of bloggers dedicated to communicating the very essence of the brand to the target audience. A new blog, or superblog, to be more precise, has been launched at www.blog.benetton.com showcasing the latest and most interesting topics related to technology, fashion, culture and life of young people around the world. However, Benetton has its own point of view on each of these areas and perceives fashion as something born in the streets, inspired by everyday life and embracing colors of the world; and technology as a tool that is capable of bringing people closer and improving the way we communicate.
Benetton to release the eightieth issue of its COLORS magazine to celebrate the Superheroes of our day: men and women, weak or strong, rich or poor, all united by a common wish: the good of people and of the world. ‘Real’ people who do extraordinary things for others, and who, in different ways, contribute to improving society. COLORS has met some real-life superheroes, who face the baddies of our everyday world with courage and self-sacrifice: the damage caused by the collapse of economies and by rampant pollution, the destruction caused by wars, the poverty of ignorance and atrocities.