Diesel mixed magic and psychology this season to help a group of young guys and girls reveal their true Christmas morning feelings they used to experience when they were little kids. The brand launched the Magic of Christmas promotion on its website, where it has posted three videos starring young Diesel fans who were hypnotized to act just like they were 5 years old. Believe it or not, all the reactions in the videos are real, Diesel says.
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Diesel celebrates life beyond the web by launching a new international initiative, which is linked to the re-launch of the YUK Pre-Internet shoe from 1993. The brand is encouraging its fans to get disconnected from their social media life for at least three days for a chance to win shoes from Diesel. “Stop sharing things online for three days and you could win 20 pairs of shoes! Select Facebook to participate, add Twitter and Instagram to complete the challenge faster,” calls Diesel. Get back to the pre-Internet time, when life was also cool, go do various real things, meet different people and have real offline fun just it was two decades ago.
Old Navy plays on nostalgia in the series of its new holiday ads, created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky to reach US consumers, who have emotional connection to the 1980s and 1990s. The brand is to launch five commercials featuring the Griswolds family characters from the popular comedic “National Lampoon’s Vacation” films, which were a real hit two decades ago. The first of them, “Plug in the Pop,” has already arrived to Old Navy’s YouTube channel, with others to be released soon.
adidas is re-imagining the holiday classics, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, by launching a video titled The Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop, a story of “love, loss, regret and redemption of Ebenezer Snoop as he rediscovers his lost holiday spirit.” The brand’s Holiday 2012 Campaign new video, which will be available on November 26, features a roster of global celebrities including Snoop Lion (Ebenezer Snoop), Stan Smith (Ghost of Holiday Past), David Beckham (Present) and Derrick Rose & Rita Ora (Future) as well as other adidas celebrity faces, who will make cameo appearances—Jeremy Scott, Joe Tsonga, Dwight Howard and Andy Murray to name but a few. The film, which centers around the legendary holiday story, will help users take a fresh look at their own life and see if they are more Scrooge or Cratchit, bad or good.
Ralph Lauren pays tribute to its own archives as well as to the rich history of the USA by launching a new destination, RL Vintage, where it unveils fashionable pieces drawn from the past. On the website, users can explore unique items to discover more about the story behind them, their origin and date of creation. Each season, Ralph Lauren will select different rare pieces from the House’s archives—the pieces will relate to some particular theme. The current range, The Western Collection, celebrates the history of the USA (some of the items are already sold out).
adidas NEO Label is welcoming Selena Gomez as a new young face and guest designer of the brand just a month after signing Justin Bieber as its ambassador. The 20-old actress, recording artist, and designer will be the brand’s style icon for three years, until the end of 2015, and she will be also engaged in developing seasonal lines for the brand beginning Fall/Winter 2013.
Diesel has announced some plans for the upcoming year. The brand is teaming up with the EDUN label founded by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson, “a global fashion brand bringing about positive change through its trading relationship with Africa,” to launch a new collaborative collection in spring 2013. So far, the brands do not say much about the new line, but considering Diesel’s braveness and EDUN’s Africa-benefitting philosophy, the denim range is expected to combine a creative twist and a social/eco conscious approach.