New GAP ad!
New GAP ad!
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#0New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/7/06 at 11:41pm
Have you guys seen the new GAP ad yet? With Audrey Hepburn dancing about to "Back in Black?" It's pretty freakin' AWESOME, so I just had to start a thread about it.
The footage is from "Funny Face." It rules. =)
Updated On: 9/7/06 at 11:41 PM
#1re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/7/06 at 11:50pmI love it! Reading the comments below it, some people seem pretty P. O.'d. But I think it's really clever, and probably a great advertising strategy.
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#2re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/7/06 at 11:51pm
It's to promote skinny black pants. Makes sense. :-P Apparently, tonight was the "premiere" of the ad.
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#3re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/7/06 at 11:56pm
People are always PO'd when they use footage of a dead celebrity. (Remember the broo-ha-ha over the Fred Astaire Dirt Devil commercial?) But this ad is really charming, don't you agree? And obviously her estate had to approve the use of her likeness, so there ya go.
Updated On: 9/7/06 at 11:56 PM
#4re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:43amI LOVE IT. She was an angel.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#5re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:45am
My first instinct when I saw it was to run over here and post a thread, but I was too lazy to get up.
I like it. I think it's cute and a very clever idea.
Although I'm not a big fan of the skinny cut that is coming back this fall. It looks sooooo unflattering on anyone who doesn't have completely twiggy legs.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#6re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 1:01am
Although I'm not a big fan of the skinny cut that is coming back this fall. It looks sooooo unflattering on anyone who doesn't have completely twiggy legs.
Amen, sister!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 1:07amI LOVE AUDREY, she's been my role model for so long now, this made me SO excited!
#8re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 1:28amAs a total Gap girl and Audrey freak, I can't wait to see this commercial!
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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i*heart*fame
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/04
#9re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 10:07amI just saw this commercial and absolutely adored it!
"Don't thank your parents, if you were raised in a nurturing environment you wouldnt be in show business"--Conan O'Brien at the 2006 Emmy Awards
#10re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 10:08am
I haven't seen the ad yet, but have seen the window posters in GAPs. Nice.
I agree about the fashion though. Nuh-uh.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 10:12amIt's not that bad, actually. I have "womanly" legs and my pair of skinny jeans actually look great. I just bought a size larger than what I would normally wear.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
#12re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 10:14am
I'm just saying no to the skinny jeans too. My legs are looking pretty damn good these days, but I'm short. Bootcut is most flattering on me, no matter what the current trend.
*old ladys away*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 9/8/06 at 10:14 AM
#13re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:18am
The video is on youtube for anyone who wants to see it.
The skinny jeans are better than the spandex under the mini skirt look...ugh...
#14re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:20am
The leggings-under-skirt look as well as the skinny jeans are pure '80s flashbacks.
Ugly then, ugly now.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#15re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:24am
*hangs her head* I also wear leggings. Alhtough under knee lengths skirts, not mini. My thighs and ass are way too big for a mini skirt.
I do promise to not give in when stirrup pants come back. And I will NEVER wear my leggings as pants with a long shirt.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
Stagedoor2
Leading Actor Joined: 8/1/04
#16re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:24am
Isn't there an unwritten rule that if you wore it the first time it was fashionable that you're too old to wear it now? That's what I'm telling myself anyway.
And if I start to see acid washed, high-waisted jeans with six pleats on each side of the zipper, I may have move into a cave until the trend passes...
That being said -- it's a great spot.
Updated On: 9/8/06 at 11:24 AM
#17re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:25am
I wore them too. In the '80s. Before we knew better.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#18re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:29am
I like the longer shirts and sweaters that are "in" right now. SO much better than the belly shirts from a few years ago!
PS Sorry for threadjacking!
Updated On: 9/8/06 at 11:29 AM
#19re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 11:29am
In the 80s, I was wearing a lot of rompers and OshKosh B'Gosh.
Think that look will come back?
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#20re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:51pm
It's your mission to rekindle that trend, Kitz.
I still think that the 80s are the most embarrassing era in our fashion history, and the fact that we are even remotely moving back in that direction is just mind-boggling to me. Learn from your mistakes people!!
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
Updated On: 9/8/06 at 12:51 PM
#21re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:52pm*applauds colleen, slaps Kitz*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#22re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:55pm
Kitz, I work with a woman who still wears leggings as pants with tshirts and long shirts. Of course, she is l.a.r.g.e
Did I mention her Lucille Ball orange spike hair?
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#23re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 12:56pm
I have to agree: 80's fashion ‡ attractive. At least, that's true of 90% of it...
But back to Audrey...anyone else seen the ad yet? I'd forgotten how absolutely teeny-tiny she was.
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#24re: New GAP ad!
Posted: 9/8/06 at 1:07pm
I thought the ad was so charming. I really enjoyed it. I absolutely adore Audrey - and I love the skinny black pants (which are not 80s style!).
Speaking of the 80s, it pains me to see leggings coming back. Not that they don't look cute (they do) but I wore them in high school the first time they were popular - including the ones with the little lace trim on the bottom (Yikes!). I think I may be too old to revisit a trend from high school! Am I aging myself? I think so. Egad.
Updated On: 9/8/06 at 01:07 PM
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