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The Cannes Lions festival really is the most remarkable showpiece. It provides headlines, controversy, jealousy and a healthy bout of scepticism that reached peak levels this year.
Whether the week is a flagbearer for inspiration and creativity or an excuse for a piss-up and an ego-trip I’ll leave up to you. Though when you do, maybe note that Helen Kimber’s ‘a headhunter’s guide to boost your career at the Cannes Lions’ was consistently one of More About Advertising’s most popular posts during the event.
Discussions surrounding a lady's time of the month can be taboo or uncomfortable, particularly for us Brits.
But Rebecca Baxter, director of Coexist, hopes to change that with a so-called period policy, allowing female staff to take leave during painful periods.
About a year ago, clothing brand American Eagle's underwear line, Aerie, stopped retouching photos of their models. As their CEO Jennifer Foyle said in a statement, "There is no need to retouch beauty." More
Yes, Unilever, tell us again how you lead the fight against unrealistic body standards in the media.
Dove (Unilever)’s body-shaped bottle campaign in the UK (in partnership with Ogilvy London) is yet another example of a company stumbling and crashing head-first as they attempt to traverse the space between women’s body-image in the media, and selling consumer goods.
Loose Women Body Stories airs from Tuesday 2nd May at 12.30pm. The campaign sees nine of ITV’s Loose Women panellists bare their bodies for the first time - without filters or airbrushing - and photographed in swimwear by international superstar photographer Bryan Adams, who has previously photographed the most famous women in the world including The Queen and Kate Moss.Billboard posters launched across the country yesterday featuring the stunning images of the Loose Women. The aim of the campaign is to encourage all women, whatever age, or size, to celebrate the story their body tells. Whatever it is that they see as their 'flaws', be it a post-operative scar, birthmarks, post baby-weight or stretch marks; to say ‘it’s ok, it’s part of what makes you ‘you’.
A girl quickly punches a number into her phone and waits until she hears the other line pick up.
"Becky, I don't know what to do, I really don't. I love him so much and I don't think he thinks of me that way. I mean, whenever I see him or think of him, I can't help it; this smile comes across my face. Sometimes he sees me smiling and smiles back. That's when my knees turn to Jello and I get butterflies in my stomach.
Natural hair care line Shea Moisture has been a staple for many black women throughout the years. But last Thursday, a new video from the company surfaced, which had many wondering who exactly their target audience really is.
Okay, so you’ve started your business and it’s actually gone reasonably well, so far. There have been no major problems, a few hiccups here and there, but you’ve managed to cement your startup into the market and it’s performed well.
However, there will come a time when the nature of the business world will force it to grow to a new level, and you will have to do things that you’ve probably never done before in order to facilitate this growth. [more…]