Badland special - Hair scarves get in my hair.

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 3. August 2007 - 10:13

It's a well known hairy truth that all great images have probably been done before, but don't tear your hair out over it - we can still do original things. Still, sometimes it's fun to split hairs and go digging down to see if one can't find the root of an iconic image. See hairy stuff inside.

Above : Pantene press ads from recent winter years (2005-07), also in the campaign was a TV-commercial where the woman can wear her hair as a scarf after using Pantene.


Swedish brand shampoo uses this image winter 07. Yes, it is the hair-scarf yet again and looks a lot like the Pantene ad. No, I mean a lot, don't you think?

Clariol advert, 1969. She's got the best hair of them all too, extra bounce and curl. I think this wins the 'original' title by default but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if I find something similar from 1918 next week.

Know of any more?

Your rating: None Average: 3.8 (22 votes)
Buffer



Submitted by caffeinegoddess on 3. August 2007 - 12:55.
caffeinegoddess's picture

That Panteen headline makes me want to scream. So does this hair scarf thing. Strangely enough, I can't recall seeing it in ads--maybe I'm just blocking it out. The "strong hair", tie it in knots type concepts though I've seen way too much.

Submitted by dabitch on 3. August 2007 - 23:07.
dabitch's picture

Aye! I know that headline just kills me as well. Aaaargghhh. I've seen hair used as bandages, act as grass, trees, plantations in general, act as scarves etc and so on - in the end it's just a matter of who executes the idea in the most original way since the idea itself of using hair to depict [insert whatever here] has most likely been done before. There's been a few executions that made me go "oooh, purdy" in recent years, but the idea itself is just classic, as in simple, good and done before.

Submitted by andromeda on 4. August 2007 - 17:00.
andromeda's picture

You might find earlier examples of this hair thing, but the styling of the 60's Clariol ad wins either way. Love it.

Submitted by RightOn on 10. August 2007 - 22:26.
RightOn's picture

Nice ads... I'm not sure you meant to or not but any time you mention Pantene you say "Pantone" in your article.

Submitted by dabitch on 11. August 2007 - 7:47.
dabitch's picture

Heh, that was just consistent dyslexia. Fixed.

Submitted by Jacques Meoff on 6. September 2007 - 8:24.
Jacques Meoff's picture

A hair hijab. Allah u Akbar!

Submitted by Imanaddy on 7. September 2007 - 12:33.
Imanaddy's picture

Funny Jacques Meoff

Submitted by dabitch on 1. November 2007 - 12:06.
dabitch's picture

Oi! Someone rated it one? Oh well, I guess it was that crap.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
Yo, are you real or just a figment of spamination?

Adland.tv

Member login

Request new password