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Controversial Goatboy Princess Diana Shirt

— April 9, 2008 — Fashion
Australian T-Shirt brand Goatboy knows that one of the best ways to create a buzz about a product, any product, is to surround it with juicy controversy. Madonna has been doing that for years with tremendous success. But I digress.

Goatboy is launching an online store and in order to call attention to it, the enterprise released an image of the Queen and her husband wearing a T-shirt of Princess Diana with the slogan: "She's Dead, so get over it".

Yep, that's an attention catcher.


Trend Themes

  1. Controversial Advertising — Creating buzz by using controversial advertising and slogans.
  2. Shock Marketing — Shock value campaigns to market products.
  3. Negative Publicity — Gaining publicity through negative marketing.

Industry Implications

  1. Fashion — The fashion industry utilizing controversial slogans and imagery to market products.
  2. Marketing — Marketing firms using shock value campaigns.
  3. Advertising — Advertising agencies utilizing negative publicity to gain attention for products.
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