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INDIVIDUAL
ASSIGNMENT
Module
Title:
Fashion
Advertising
Lecturer:
Ms.
Yumin
Kim
Student
Name:
Hilda
Tiolanda
Student
ID:
001T1110
1
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
The
Chosen
Company
COMPANY
PROFILE
The
brand
Diesel
was
born
more
than
20
years
ago
and
is
today
an
innovative
international
design
company,
manufacturing
jeans
and
casual
clothing
as
well
as
accessories.
When
Renzo
Rosso
founded
the
company
in
1978,
he
wanted
it
to
be
a
leader,
a
company
which
took
chances
and
carved
out
a
niche
for
itself
in
its
field.
He
surrounded
himself
with
creative,
talented
people
-‐
innovators
who,
like
him,
rejected
the
slavish
trend-‐following
typical
of
the
fashion
industry.
Renzo
wanted
to
come
up
with
a
more
dynamic
and
imaginative
line
of
clothing
than
was
available
anywhere.
He
gave
his
open-‐minded
new
designers
broad
stylistic
freedom,
hoping
they
could
create
a
line
of
clothing
perfect
for
people
who
follow
their
own
independent
path
in
life.
Particularly
for
those
who
decide
to
express
their
individuality
also
by
the
way
they
dress.
The
name
"Diesel"
was
chosen
as
an
avant-‐
garde
symbol
of
oil
crisis
of
the
70's
and
as
an
international
word
that
could
bring
jeans
brand
worldwide
success.
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LABEL
OVERVIEW
Designer
Profile
(Founder)
In
the
case
of
Diesel,
the
individual
who
has
powered
the
company's
growth
is
Renzo
Rosso.
Born
in
1955
in
the
northeast
of
Italy,
he
attended
an
industrial
textile
manufacturing
school
and
after
graduating
in
1975,
began
making
his
own
clothing.
In
1978
he
joined
forces
with
several
other
manufactures
in
his
region
to
form
the
Genius
Group,
which
created
many
successful
brands
still
widely
known
today,
such
as
Katherine
Hamnett,
Goldie,
Martin
Guy,
Goldie,
Ten
Big
Boys
and,
of
course,
Diesel.
In
1985
Renzo
took
complete
control
of
Diesel
by
buying
out
the
other
partners
and
becoming
the
sole
force
behind
the
brand.
Thereafter
the
company
began
a
period
of
remarkable
growth
and
expansion.
It
was
thus
that,
in
1996,
Renzo
Rosso
and
Diesel
received
the
"Premio
Risultati"
award
from
the
prestigious
Bocconi
Institute
in
Milan
for
being
the
"Best
Italian
Company
of
the
Year".
Renzo
was
also
nominated
by
American
Ernst
&
Young
as
"Entrepreneur
of
the
Year"
for
1997
for
the
company's
strong
moves
in
the
U.S.
In
December
1997,
the
English
music
and
trend
magazine
"Select"
included
Renzo
in
a
special
classification
of
the
100
most
important
people
in
the
world
who
will
contribute
to
the
shape
of
the
new
Millennium.
3
Creative
Director
and
Head
Designer
(1998
–
2009)
Diesel's
Creative
Director
and
head
designer
is
Wilbert
Das
who
has
worked
for
Diesel
since
1988.
Wilbert
started
as
a
designer
on
the
Male,
Accessories,
Leather,
and
Kids
lines.
He
rose
quickly
to
head
the
style
office
and
creative
areas
of
Diesel,
and
in
1993
was
given
the
official
title
of
Creative
Director,
with
responsibilities
ranging
from
directing
all
product
design
as
well
as
all
communication
campaigns.
From
clothing
and
accessory
design
to
advertising,
new
media,
merchandising,
retail
and
interior
design
(including
stores,
showrooms,
offices,
hotels),
planning
of
fashion
shows
and
events,
as
well
as
developing
new
brand
extensions
such
as
house
ware,
furniture
and
even
automobiles.
Literally
all
aspects
of
the
Diesel
brand’s
style
and
image
fell
under
Wilbert’s
responsibility.
Wilbert
Das
left
Diesel
in
late
2009
amid
rumors
of
irreconcilable
differences
with
CEO
Rosso
over
the
future
direction
of
the
company.
4
Current
Designer
(2009
–
Now)
Greek
designer
Sophia
Kokosalaki
is
to
take
the
design
helm
of
Diesel's
Black
Gold
line.
"Kokosalaki’s
talent
is
incredible.
Her
taste
in
high
end
fashion
is
already
known,
but
what
people
do
not
necessarily
expect
from
her
is
her
skill
in
dealing
with
denim
and
contemporary
casual,
the
core
of
Diesel
Black
Gold,"
says
Renzo
Rosso,
chairman
of
Diesel
and
its
holding
company,
Only
the
Brave.
Positioned
above
the
brand's
Diesel
and
Diesel
Denim
Gallery
offerings,
Diesel
Black
Gold
-‐
which
uses
more
expensive
fabrics
-‐
made
its
debut
during
New
York
Fashion
Week
in
February
2008.
5
1.2
The
Project
and
Objectives
Due
to
its
constant
struggle
for
excellence,
Diesel
has
become
an
emblem
for
a
dynamic
and
independent
lifestyle.
For
21
years,
Diesel
has
relentlessly
pioneered
new
styles,
experimented
with
fabrics
and
manufacturing
methods
to
produce
outstanding
garments
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2.0
STRATEGY
Brand
Image
Beginning
as
a
company
that
is
focused
on
making
quality
clothing.
Diesel
has
been
a
part
of
youth
culture
for
the
past
30
years
and
has
that
special
something
which
continues
to
appeal.
It
is
best
known
for
clothing
aimed
at
the
young
adult
market,
especially
fans
of
denim
jeans.
The
Diesel
brand
also
put
their
name
to
underwear,
perfume
and
other
popular
accessories
such
as
belts
and
wallets.
A November 2009 New York Post article mentions that "the CEO of the
7
fashion
house's
US
division,
Steve
Birkhold,
has
resigned
to
join
a
rival
firm."
According
to
the
Post,
Birkhold
was
allegedly
attempting
to
secure
deals
to
expand
the
Diesel
brand
into
U.S.
chain
stores
like
Macy's,
while
Diesel's
Italy
execs
feared
such
a
move
would
dilute
the
brand's
image.
In
2010
from
its
headquarters
in
Breganze,
it
directly
manages
18
subsidiaries
across
Europe,
Asia
and
the
Americas.
It
is
now
present
in
more
than
80
countries
with
5,000
points
of
sale,
including
more
than
400
company
owned
stores.
Diesel
is
part
of
the
holding
Only
the
Brave,
which
also
incorporates
55DSL
(a
brand
strongly
linked
to
street
wear
and
urban
culture);
Staff
International
(an
Italian
company
that
manufactures
and
distributes
clothing
for
brands
such
as
Diesel
Denim
Gallery,
Maison
Martin
Margiela,
DSquared2,
Vivienne
Westwood,
Viktor
&
Rolf
and
Marc
Jacobs
Menswear);
and
controlling
stakes
in
Maison
Martin
Margiela
and
Viktor
and
Rolf.
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3.0
TARGET
AUDIENCES
&
THE
PROCESS
Target Audiences
Given
its
rejection
of
traditional
“Procterian”
marketing
and
even
of
market
research,
it
was
not
surprising
that
Diesel
had
no
precise
definition
of
the
target
audiences.
In
Rosso’s
view,
lifestyle
mattered
more
than
age.
Diesel
targeted
people
with
a
teenage-‐
spirited
lifestyle.
Anybody
interested
in
this
lifestyle
could
become
a
target
customer.
In
reality,
18
to
25-‐year-‐olds
clearly
outnumbered
35
to
50-‐year-‐
olds
in
the
Diesel
customer
base.
Trendy
young
people
over
25
often
considered
Diesel
“too
young”
or
“too
hip-‐hop”
for
them.
The Process
Before
1991
Diesel
was
a
typical
young
design
company.
It
focused
all
its
energy
on
launching
new
products
(about
1,800
new
references
per
year)
and
did
not
even
have
a
consistent
brand
logo.
Starting
in
1991,
Maurizio
Marchiori,
the
newly-‐appointed
advertising
director,
developed
a
global
branding
campaign
in-‐
house
with
the
help
of
Paradiset,
a
Swedish
advertising
agency.
The
campaign
appropriated
the
“products
make
better
living”
theme
popular
among
advertisers
in
the
50s
and
turned
it
on
its
head
in
the
“Diesel
for
Successful
Living”
campaign.
Diesel’s
vision
of
consumer
paradise
was
to
be
interpreted
ironically;
the
standard
promise
of
“success”
was
exaggerated,
made
absurd,
even
mocked.
Serious
themes
seemed
to
be
lurking
everywhere
in
the
adverts
but
were
undercut
by
a
final
admission
that
it
was
all
just
a
joke.
Diesel
advertising
campaigns
were
artistic,
colourful
and
sexy—as
fashion
advertising
often
is—but
they
were
clearly
differentiated
by
their
themes,
complexity
and
radical
irony.
The
ads
were
not
only
visually
shocking,
they
clearly
established
Diesel
as
a
counterpoint
to
established
norms
and
institutions.
Diesel
ads
were
often
confusing,
sometimes
intriguing
and,
as
a
result,
highly
exclusive.
They
required
wit
and
involvement
to
be
deciphered.
Many
were
left
perplexed
or
failed
to
see
the
underlying
irony.
The
few
who
understood
Diesel’s
sense
of
humour
could
9
feel
a
real
sense
of
complicity
between
them
and
the
brand.
Thankfully
for
Diesel,
many
of
these
were
wealthy
teenagers
looking
for
clothes
that
would
stand
out
and
distinguish
them
from
the
crowd.
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12
4.0
ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN
4.1 Campaign 1
“Be
Smart”
–
that
is
what
our
parents
and
teachers
told
us
since
we
were
young.
While
Diesel,
takes
“Be
Stupid”
as
its
philosophy.
Diesel
Stupid
Philosophy
Like
balloons,
we
are
filled
with
hopes
and
dreams.
But.
Over
time
a
single
sentence
creeps
into
our
lives.
Don’t
be
stupid.
It’s
the
crusher
of
possibility.
It’s
the
worlds
greatest
deflator.
The
world
is
full
of
smart
people.
Doing
all
kind
of
smart
things…
Thats
smart.
Well,
we’re
with
stupid.
Stupid
is
the
relentless
pursuit
of
a
regret
free
life.
Smart
may
have
the
brains…
but
stupid
has
the
balls.
The
smart
might
recognize
things
for
how
they
are.
The
stupid
see
things
for
how
they
could
be.
Smart
critiques.
Stupid
creates.
The
fact
is
if
we
didnt
have
stupid
thoughts
wed
have
no
interesting
thoughts
at
all.
Smart
may
have
the
plans…
but
stupid
has
the
stories.
Smart
may
have
the
authority
but
stupid
has
one
hell
of
a
hangover.
Its
not
smart
to
take
risks…
Its
stupid.
To
be
stupid
is
to
be
brave.
The
stupid
isnt
afraid
to
fail.
The
stupid
know
there
are
worse
things
than
failure…
like
not
even
trying.
Smart
had
one
good
idea,
and
that
idea
was
stupid.
You
can’t
outsmart
stupid.
So
don’t
even
try.
Remember
only
stupid
can
be
truly
brilliant.
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15
16
4.2
Campaign
2
Models: Martin Cannavo, Sam Way, Tobias Sorensen and Dan Cameron
Diesel
continues
to
push
the
advertising
envelope
with
their
campaign
for
Spring
2010
tagged
"Sex
Sells
*Unfortunately
We
Sell
Jeans".
Following
up
on
their
"Be
Stupid"
campaign
these
ads
garner
the
brand
attention
amongst
consumers
while
being
sexy
and
having
enough
humor
to
them
to
be
appreciated
by
the
masses.
The
pictures
feature
young
girls
and
men
half
naked
with
perfect
pairs
of
jeans
on
them.
The
postures
are
very
tempting
as
if
we
caught
the
models
on
something
which
was
going
to
be
obscene.
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18
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4.3
Campaign
3
For
this
“Global
Warming
Ready”
campaign,
A
series
of
newspaper,
magazine
and
billboard
advertisements
shows
models
posing
in
Diesel
clothing
in
a
world
affected
by
raised
water
levels
and
temperatures.
Diesel’s
marketing
staff
sees
the
“Global
Warming
Ready”
campaign
as
consistent
with
Diesel’s
tradition
of
generating
attention
and
provoking
discussion
of
serious
societal
issues
with
a
tongue-‐in-‐cheek
ironic
voice.
“Global
Warming
Ready”
portrays
the
potential
look
of
this
new
world
while
representing
it
in
an
aesthetically
beautiful
way.
20
Sandy
desert
overtakes
the
China
Wall
21
Tropical
plants
growing
in
Paris
Rio
de
Janeiro
underwater
22
New
York
City
submerged
Beach
scene
at
Mt
Rushmore
23
London
a
water
playground
Summer
holidays
with
the
penguins
in
Antarctica
24
4.4
Campaign
4
Label:
Diesel
Jeans
“Human
After
All"
is
one
of
the
advertising
campaigns
for
Diesel
denim.
The
seven
frames
take
us
into
a
technology
ruled
future
as
opposing
to
the
"Fuel
for
Life"
Diesel
fragrance
ads.
A
future
that
is
still
human
as
this
clever
Diesel
ad
accentuates.
Even
though
technology
takes
big
steps
as
clones'
nurseries,
teleportation
and
space
ships
will
be
common
aspects
of
life,
some
things
will
never
change
and
that
implies
the
human
nature.
Error
and
emotion
will
stay
the
same
-‐
flight
delays,
car
breakdowns,
balls
breaking
glass,
ugly
breakups,
and
young,
beautiful
humans
wearing
sexy
Diesel
jeans.
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5.0
THE
CRITICS
(ETHICAL
ISSUE)
Diesel
has
always
been
known
to
have
edgy
ad
campaigns.
But
their
most
controversial
one
to
date
would
have
to
be
their
new
“Be
Stupid”
campaign.
The
campaign
has
been
banned
by
the
UK
ad
watchdog
(ASA)
for
being
offensive
and
encouraging
antisocial
behavior.
The
campaign
featured
a
number
of
ads
including
one
with
a
girl
on
a
stepladder
flashing
her
breasts
at
a
CCTV
camera,
while
another
features
a
woman
holding
open
her
bikini
bottoms
and
taking
a
photo
of
her
nether
regions.
It
is
said
that
the
ASA
received
33
complaints
about
Diesel's
posters,
which
fell
into
three
categories.
First
that
they
should
not
be
seen
by
children,
second
that
they
were
offensive
and
third
that
they
encouraged
anti-‐social
behaviour.
Another
controversial
campaign
that
has
been
raising
the
heat
would
be
the
‘Global
Warming
Campaign”.
A
lot
of
people
think
that
this
campaign
has
a
shock
value,
it
seems
to
underestimate
the
actual
Global
Warming
effect
to
the
world.
However,
Diesel
said
that
the
campaign
is
actually
made
to
present
global
warming
in
a
more
positive
context,
that
global
warming
might
just
not
be
such
a
bad
thing.
Diesel’s
latest
campaign,
“Sex
sells*
Unfortunately
we
sell
jeans”,
is
not
less
controversial
compared
to
their
previous
campaigns.
The
campaign
features
young
girls
and
men
half
naked
with
only
a
pair
of
jeans
on
them.
This
campaign
is
assumed
to
be
too
provocative
and
obscene.
Leave
it
to
Diesel
to
create
a
campaign
that
is
both
forwards
and
provocative,
a
campaign
that
plays
on
people’s
sensitivities.
However,
these
controversial
and
provocative
campaign
actually
giving
them
precisely
what
they
want,
brand
awareness.
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6.0
O
THER
SUPPORTING
COMMUNICATION
TOOLS
The
Diesel
style
was
also
evident
in
other
forms
of
communication.
Great
attention
was
given
to
product
placement
among
actors,
musicians
and
celebrities
(although
Diesel
never
paid
the
stars
and
almost
never
gave
away
the
products
to
them).
Diesel
garments
featured
in
many
popular
and
independent
movies
such
as
“Godzilla”,
“Lethal
Weapon”,
“Crime
and
Punishment
in
High
School”,
or
“Anywhere
But
Here”.
Diesel
was
one
of
the
first
clothing
companies
on
the
Internet,
opening
the
www.diesel.com
site
in
1995.
The
site
contained
information
about
Diesel
clothing
collections
and
its
licenses,
In
1994,
Diesel
built
The
Pelican
Hotel
in
South
Beach,
Miami,
which
was
to
become
a
vivid
manifestation
of
the
Diesel
philosophy.
All
25
rooms
in
the
hotel
were
designed
and
decorated
to
feel
like
surreal
movie
sets:
each
filled
with
recycled
furniture
and
named
after
its
own
style,
e.g.
the
Psychedelic
room,
Halfway
to
Hollywood
and
Me
Tarzan
(see
Exhibit
5).
The
hotel
became
a
hit
with
the
fashion,
music
and
publishing
set.
Celebrities
such
as
Cindy
Crawford,
Grace
Jones,
Yoko
Ono
and
John
F.
Kennedy
Jr.
stayed
there.
Diesel
participated
in
the
production
of
video
games
for
Sony
PlayStation,
Nintendo
and
personal
computers.
It
contributed
the
Diesel
for
Successful
Living
logo
and
other
creative
content
to
new
video
game
releases,
such
as
Psygnosis’
hits
“G-‐Police
I
&
II”,
Acclaim’s
“Shadow
Man”
and
“Extreme
G
II”.
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http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/rosso.html
http://www.couturecandy.com/diesel/designer.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_(brand)
http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090617-‐sophia-‐kokosalaki-‐
becomes-‐lead-‐desi.aspx
http://faculty.insead.edu/chandon/personal_page/Documents/Case_Di
esel%202007_corrected-‐w.pdf
http://meetthefamous.com/celebrity-‐
closet/fashion_article.php?ID=1380
http://www.denimology.com/2009/09/kylie_minogue_in_diesel_jeans.p
hp
http://www.denimology.com/2010/05/taylor_lautner_in_diesel_jeans_
4.php
http://awake-‐smile.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html
http://www.creativeadawards.com/diesel-‐be-‐stupid-‐advertising-‐
campaign/
http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2010/01/22/diesel-‐be-‐stupid-‐spring-‐
summer-‐2010-‐ad-‐campaign/
http://artatm.com/2010/03/awesome-‐be-‐stupid-‐advertising-‐campaign-‐
of-‐diesel/
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http://www.denimology.com/2010/02/diesel_sex_sells.php
http://www.millionlooks.com/outfits/sex-‐sells-‐–-‐diesel-‐campaign/
http://www.bkrw.com/news/diesel-‐sex-‐sells-‐spring-‐summer-‐2010-‐
denim-‐campaign.html
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/diesel-‐global-‐warming-‐
ready/
http://www.adverbox.com/ads/diesel-‐global-‐warming-‐campaign/
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/02/global-‐warming.php
http://www.hautfashion.com/fashion-‐ads/diesel-‐human-‐after-‐all-‐
campaign
http://theverychronicles.blogspot.com/2007/10/human-‐after-‐all-‐diesel-‐
fall-‐winter-‐07.html
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/07/diesel-‐human-‐af.php
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/65209,news-‐comment,news-‐
politics,diesel-‐jeans-‐be-‐stupid-‐flashing-‐women-‐poster-‐adverts-‐banned-‐
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10456704
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/30/diesel-‐asa-‐advertising
http://www.florencenewspaper.it/vediarticolo.asp?news=b0.07.20.10.0
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