Former gym teacher Dale Irby is making quite the wave through the Internet with his yearbook photos GIF. The humorous GIF features a compilation of 40 years worth of yearbook photos of Dale wearing the exact same outfit on picture day, every year.
The tradition started with Dale by accident wearing the same brown cardigan and white paisley button-up shirt on picture day. When his wife noticed, she dared Dale to continue the tradition, and wear the same outfit every year on picture day the rest of his teaching days. A fresh twist on the iconic 365 Project that challenges people to take one photo of themselves a day for a year to document their slight facial changes, Dale Irby's yearbook photos show much larger changes on a yearly bases. Watch the Dale Irby GIF and see as this gym teacher's fashion moves from the 70s into the early 2000s and how he slowly beings to grow older each year.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Yearly Personal Traditions
- Businesses can explore how to incorporate yearly personal traditions into their marketing campaigns.
- Humorous Marketing
- Businesses can explore how to add humor into their marketing campaigns, potentially causing viral effects and free publicity.
- Nostalgia Marketing
- Businesses can explore how to use nostalgia in their marketing campaigns to attract older generations.
Where This Applies
- Fashion Industry
- The fashion industry can explore how to capitalize on yearly personal traditions and nostalgic styles.
- Education Industry
- The education industry can explore how to incorporate yearly personal traditions to create a sense of community among students and teachers.
- Entertainment Industry
- The entertainment industry can explore how to create humorous marketing campaigns to boost ticket or merchandise sales.
