I do not get the new Marc Jacobs ad featuring Victoria Beckham. I know it’s supposed to be avant-garde and all, but it comes off as just plain weird. I much prefer her earlier goofy Marc Jacobs ads (see two images below). Maybe that’s what works best, sticking Victoria in a huge shopping bag!
Victoria strikes a robotic pose with a confused/lost look on her face while wearing a rather strange raven black headpiece.
Her hair style compliments the bizarre tape draped around her neck and shoulders for an added weirdness.
However, I have to say that the black Marc Jacobs bag looks absolutely beautiful. And I guess that’s what matters…
Check out Beckham’s previous Marc Jacobs ads:
A little while ago, Going Like Sixty mused that Victoria Beckham’s timing was all too perfect between the time she was listed on Blackwells’ Worst Dressed List and when she was featured in one of the most peculiar Marc Jacobs campaigns to date. As far as we’d seen of the campaign, Posh never sho… [More]
Wow, either this is a stroke of marketing genius or a backfire. After Victoria Beckham was listed as number one on Blackwells’ Worst Dressed List, Marc Jacobs released photos of her for the new Spring 2008 ad campaign. At least she had some fun with the photo shoot. She’s always so stern. Is this a … [More]