Tag: advertising campaigns

  • Forever in Blue Jeans

    We all love our jeans. Most of us live in them most of the time. Kinda hard to imagine that they haven’t existed as human clothing since the dawn of time. But the truth is that they were invented pretty recently: 1853, as protective, sturdy work gear for miners trying to find gold in California.…

  • “Equal parts jock and dandy”

    The perfect American Male (answering the Gibson Girl, of course), an illustrator able to capture the moment of the new American sportswear, the growth of the ad campaign, and gay subculture… Submitted for your delectation: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-perfect-american-male/ Thank you, J. C. Leyendecker!