There’s a devious ploy going down in Hollywood town, and it could be sending you or your loved ones broke. It involves the Mischas, the Scarletts and even the Christinas of the A-list world, and more marketing campaigns than Billy Crystal has punch lines. While we can’t prevent this actor ‘ad-tack’, we can prepare ourselves for the onslaught by pinpointing some of the fashionable faces draining our pay packets…
Mischa Barton: advertising’s all-rounder. There’s nothing Mischa doesn’t cover. There’s Mischa for your face with Neutrogena (she prefers the Deep Clean Gentle Scrub). There’s Mischa for your foot in Keds. There’s Mischa for your wardrobe as a former face of Bebe. And there’s Mischa for your skin cancer in Superdrug’s new SAFE campaign.
Christina Ricci: Louis Vuitton and Reebok have plastered doe-eyed Christina on their billboards in the past. Now she’s the face of a suitcase. Seriously, for Samsonite Black Label. Maybe it’s the dark hair? The pout? The fact that she could fit in a duffle?
Scarlett Johansson She’s classic Calvin Klein, she’s sporty Reebok and she’s radiant L’Oreal. She’s kid friendly for Disney, sophisticated for Louis Vuitton and sincere for Oxfam. It’s hard to work out where Woody Allen gets a look in.
We’ve just scraped the tip of the ad-tack iceberg here.
Post your favourite fashion face below and help save the petty cash of women everywhere… and you could win some fab movie tickets.
I have to say my favourite fashion face has to be Eva Mendes for revlon. She is one beautiful person.
Posted by: Yasmin at May 8th, 2007 10:16 pmMove over MAC, and move over Audi TT. My vote is for Dita Von Teese to become the new face of Chrysler. That girls almost makes gass guzzlers fashionable, so long as it’s a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker.
Posted by: Annie at May 8th, 2007 11:04 pmModel come Actor (or is it the other way around?) Milla Jovovich was the face of Mango in the UK. If we can forgive Milla for Joan of Arc, surely forgive her for anything? I love this quote on Hello. “I never do things that are stupid,” she says. “Well, not in my professional life.” I admire her honesty.
Posted by: Sally at May 8th, 2007 11:50 pmVote 1: Dita for Chrysler! And move over Milla, Pene is after your crown. Apparently she’s modelling and designing a new collection for Mango with her sister Monica - hopefully her taste in fashion is better than her tast in men…Tom Cruise…oh dear.
Posted by: Jenny at May 9th, 2007 12:13 amKate Moss for Burberry and a slew of other products. Scan any fashion magazine and Ms. Moss is in atleast 4 or 5 pages of different ads from clothes to bags to…!
Posted by: Elouise at May 9th, 2007 10:00 amRicky Ponting for Raymond Weil watches! Or, let’s get serious here, can anyone ever go past the sculpted, perfect, Peter Andre challenging abs of one Mr Marky Mark and his prominent funky bunch in the Calvin Klein ads of the 90’s?!?!?!?
Posted by: Brodie at May 9th, 2007 10:27 amKate moss should not be so big because i think she is a horrible role model for her daughter dating and being crazy for a big drug user like pete doherty (what another great role model). She is too thin i don’t believe she is that attractive and people love her for what?
Posted by: Lily at May 9th, 2007 11:33 amI am disgusted at her and would not buy anything that has her stamp of approval.
I am a mother the same age as her and its disgusting, Lila should be given to someone else.
I never thought I’d be one to fly the flag for Kate but I think those comments are slightly inflamed. Yes Kate’s slim, has tried drugs in the past and has a boyfriend that looks like a monkey’s butt, but there’s never been any evidence that she mistreats her daughter.
Posted by: Fashion Tragic at May 9th, 2007 11:59 pmNicole Kidman for Chanel No.5!
Posted by: Natalina at May 10th, 2007 10:03 amNicole is definitely a winner for starring in the most expensive ad campaign which costed a whopping $42M and lasted for only 180 seconds. Nicole’s statuesque figure draped in Lagerfield meeting the sultry Brazilian boy in the back of a cab… Ah - life of a movie star…
I am not a big fan of Kate Moss but I am not particularly passionate about her personal life. The reason why I think she’s so big in the advertising and endorsing of products business is because she’s very good at being no one else but whoever/whatever persona a particular product dictates she has to be. Now, if the question from Fashion Tragic was about which personality/celebrity is a favourite for a particular social cause or anything related to being a role model, etc, then that would be a totally different story.
Posted by: Elouise at May 10th, 2007 7:33 pmI agree Elousie, Kate’s personal life isn’t on trial. The fact that she’s the face of a gazillion labels however…
Oh and just in, apparently Beyonce has been named the face of Giorgio Armani’s new fragrance ‘Giorgio Armani Diamonds’. Word has it that she’ll be ‘the voice’ of the line as well - singing perfume anyone?
Posted by: Fashion Tragic at May 11th, 2007 1:51 pmThe latest…Sarah Jessica Parker has just launched her own sportswear line ‘Bitten’, in-store plasma screens will play videos of SJP. Hmm.
Posted by: Fashion Tragic at May 25th, 2007 12:33 amhow about Angelina Jolie for not only adopting a rainbow family but personally visiting the third world countries to see for herself as well as raise awareness of their plight.And Brad joining is a bonus
Posted by: marg at May 29th, 2007 9:21 pm