write_light ([identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2015-02-05 10:07 am

Contest Entry: Facial Hair & Advertising Thereof

It's about facial hair AND advertising! :D

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and a non-entry but contest-relevant illustration

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[identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com 2015-02-05 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehehe. Advertising makes me buy things all the time that I don't need, what are they talking about :D
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[personal profile] dandyads 2015-02-06 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Freedom of choice? Oh my god, go suck a tailpipe, 4A's... of course advertising convinces you buy things you don't need. Who needs Slim Jims or Mountain Dew or Bud Light or a Snuggie or .. the list goes on and on.

The 80s was such a shit time for print advertising - outside of fashion and entertainment, I swear 80% of all print ads looked exactly like that one. Futura Condensed Bold headline. A third to a half of a page of boring ass sales copy in some nondescript serif font. Logo in lower right corner.