Beach Bum Photography

The Fun in the Sun Mossimo Asia 2011 Ad Campaign

Photographer Lope Navo captures how fashionable it is to be a beach bum.

Fun balmy beach scenes of piggy-back riding, making sand angels and summer flings make us all daydream of being on the beach. The models glam up in hip denim, including ripped jeans and cut-off shorts. Denim shirts and jackets also make an appearance for this awesome beach bum look, providing plenty of ideas for summer looks for the coming year.

Implications - Consumers in modern society are looking for products that make them feel more relaxed. Items that contain a laid-back aesthetic appeal to shoppers who want to feel comfortable with the purchases they make. Companies could develop more designs like this to appeal to a wider audience.

Laid-back Lifestyle
Consumers are seeking relaxed products and companies could develop more designs like beach bum fashion to appeal to a wider audience.
Summer-inspired Fashion
Companies could create more fashion lines inspired by summer, featuring denim, beachwear, and relaxed pieces.
Photography-based Advertising
More companies could adopt photography-based advertising campaigns to showcase lifestyle-oriented product lines in an aspirational and fashionable way.

Where This Applies

Fashion Industry
The fashion industry can capitalize on the trend of relaxed, summer-inspired fashion and create more beach bum-inspired lines.
Advertising Industry
The advertising industry could adopt more lifestyle-focused and photography-based advertising campaigns to promote products as aspirational and fashionable.
Tourism Industry
The tourism industry could create campaigns around the relaxed beach bum lifestyle that includes fashion, photography, and vacation packages that appeal to a wider audience.
SCORE
6.5 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen X
  • Gen Z (primary audience)
  • Millennial (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 95%
Activity 91%
Freshness 8%

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