Celebs who also model

[funnyfan]

Nowadays, models aren't just being crowded out of US magazine covers and editorials by celebrities-- they're also being crowded out of advertisements by celebrity endorsements!

Witness Hillary Swank as the new face of Calvin Klein underwear, Scarlett Johansson as the new face of Calvin Klein perfume and Paris Hilton as the new face of Guess' Marciano line.

Do you support this trend? Do you feel actresses and actors can do a better job of hawking products than models themselves?

 

[funnyfan]

Hilary Swank for Calvin Klein Underwear:

 

[funnyfan]

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Scarlett Johansson for Calvin Klein Fragrance:</span>

 

[nycgirl84]

I like Hillary's ad sort of, but I will almost always prefer models doing what models were intended for.

 

[funnyfan]

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Paris Hilton for Guess (Taken from Chilax Forum, Posted by Holla)</span>

(BTW-- click on thumbnails for full picture.)

 

[metal-on-metal]

I don't mind celebrities in fashion at all, as long as the photograph is well executed. Celebrities are just as thin and beautiful as models. And I understand star power and why a magazine or company wants to be associated with them. It's entirely reasonable and merely a reflection of our culture of celeb worship.

That said, most of the time celeb promotions in advertising or editorial are poorly done.

Bad examples:

Paris Hilton in the new Guess
J.Lo for Vuitton f/w 03
Scarlett for Calvin Klein Eternity
ALL Harper's Bazaar covers under Glenda Bailey

Good examples:

Vuitton f/w 04 with Chloe, Christina Ricci, et al
Nicole Kidman for Vogue 05/04 by Irving Penn
Julianne Moore for W 09/04 by Sorrenti, Gondry, and Michael Thompson

 

[ignitioned32]

Originally posted by chickonspeed@Aug 7 2004, 12:08 PM
I don't mind celebrities in fashion at all, as long as the photograph is well executed. Celebrities are just as thin and beautiful as models. And I understand star power and why a magazine or company wants to be associated with them. It's entirely reasonable and merely a reflection of our culture of celeb worship.

That said, most of the time celeb promotions in advertising or editorial are poorly done.

Bad examples:

Paris Hilton in the new Guess
J.Lo for Vuitton f/w 03
Scarlett for Calvin Klein Eternity
ALL Harper's Bazaar covers under Glenda Bailey

Good examples:

Vuitton f/w 04 with Chloe, Christina Ricci, et al
Nicole Kidman for Vogue 05/04 by Irving Penn
Julianne Moore for W 09/04 by Sorrenti, Gondry, and Michael Thompson

[snapback]324377[/snapback]​

Yeah I guess. Though models, most often, look more diverse and exotic... which make me want to see them more. Also the advertisment gets to be a little more watered-down if it is a celeb...

 

[funnyfan]

Yeah I guess. Though models, most often, look more diverse and exotic... which make me want to see them more. Also the advertisment gets to be a little more watered-down if it is a celeb...

That's really true! The worst thing about celebrities are the fact that they usually don't want to take any chances on their image. You'll never catch them doing anything all that visually striking. They're almost always shot in the same-old same-old sprawled-on-top-of-a-bed or in-a-man's-arms shot, looking all pretty and nice and neat.

BORING!

 

[SCBlondie]

I like Hillary's add but I wouldn't know it was her if I hadn't been told. I don't like celebs on the covers of magazines because fashion magazines are just becoming gossip magazines.

 

[Terrima183]

Celebrity "models" don't bother me nearly as much as the children of celebrities who decided they want to be models. All of a sudden, a girl with a famous last name can land a contract with a top agency and get placed in high-profile ads without much consternation.

Liz Jagger, the Richards girls, Rod Stewart's daughter, the Hilton sisters...none of these girls would be as big as quickly without their last name.

Some of the boys however are gorgeous. Richard Branson's son He could actually have done fine without his father.
And Sting's son is alright.

 

[Misako]

Originally posted by Terrima183@Aug 7 2004, 06:30 PM
Celebrity "models" don't bother me nearly as much as the children of celebrities who decided they want to be models. All of a sudden, a girl with a famous last name can land a contract with a top agency and get placed in high-profile ads without much consternation.

Liz Jagger, the Richards girls, Rod Stewart's daughter, the Hilton sisters...none of these girls would be as big as quickly without their last name.

Some of the boys however are gorgeous. Richard Branson's son He could actually have done fine without his father.
And Sting's son is alright.

[snapback]324560[/snapback]​

I completely agree. The boys are quite nice, but the girls...I could pass over them anytime. Especially Lydia Hearst, Rod Stewart's daughter, the Richards girls I realllly dislike, and I don't mind Liz Jagger too much, but the others I wish would disappear.

 

[owitz2hot]

i guess celebrities are ok...i dont know about u but wen celebrities "model" for designers it just doesnt have the same look or feel to it as an actual model...i duno, its hard to explain

 

[ShaunD_is_Fine]

i agree with owitz2hot..celebrities just mess up the look of an ad campaign..hillary swank just looks bizarre in the ck ad, paris hilton...god, im so disappointed in guess for that one...wut wer they thinking??

 

[manette]

i don't mean to be rude but paris hilton looks like a hussy in those guess ads. ruins the ad.

 

[nycgirl84]

That's not true- she makes the clothes look even cheaper than they already do. Terrible model!

 

[Toxxxic]

Don't celebrities get paid enough money and get enough media coverage? Yet they still take jobs away from some underpaid models, sad really. I like how it was back in the late 80's. There was Cindy Crawford, on the cover of Vogue, and the title would say "Chanel latest collection.". Nowadays there is Paris Hilton on Vogue looking like she could give a damn and the title that follow is "Whose Paris screwing now?". It make me so sad how fashion magazine use to cover fashion but now its just another higher end goosip magzine and free publicity for the actresses themselves. I thought its was cute when I saw an actress on a cover of Vogue every now and then but now its ridiculous.

I don't like celebritys modeling whatsoever because they take the heart and soul out of the clothing and the could give a damn about the modeling shoot.

 

[Erin]

I think the idea of celebrities is good for making money. The average person will more likely know who an actress/actor is than a model, and is therefore more enticed to buy the products. Celebs get products to sell, and that's what companies want. I think it's great promotion... and really, I don't mind it.

 

[Spike413]

I agree with Ignitioned, models have such unique and different looks. They all have a different appeal. Celebrities, while they may have a great look and are almost always beautiful, after a while start to lose the mystique that models have.

I think what really appeals to people with models is that you don't know as much about them, their lives aren't splashed on the front pages of every tabloid. That sense of mystery combined with the individualism of each model makes them more interesting to people. I guess I agree with the majority, some celebrity endorsements are great and can really compliment the brand they're modeling for, but plenty of others are either too typical and generic or the celebrity just doesn't work for what's being sold.

 

[saturnine]

Celebrities must be marketable, or else they wouldn't be used!

I think it's because so many women these days aren't confident of their looks, and models are blamed for this. Obviously this is a ridiculous theory, but there is certainly truth in it.

While celebrities are generally beautiful too, their profession seems to be more forgivable... They also may not be very tall, or slender, or have nice hair etc.

Plus, many models these days are just faceless wonders, mannequins, nobody knows them. Whereas if someone like Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell is in a campaign, they are still classified as 'celebrity'.

Anyone agree?

 

[Deleted member 1957]

hillary looks great. theres something that makes me like the guess she does obviously look like a p*rn star, but again thats what they intended probably because many girls that wear guess really want to look like britney or paris, just look at their recent ads. I ma lso glad that they are finally thru with the Bridgette Bardott phase
As for celebrities, i dont see nuthn wrong...