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In celebration of iconic fashion brand Fred Perry's 60th anniversary, the brand with its roots firmly in the British style subculture, reached out to influencers from the design, music and sports industries to customize a reproduction of the original 1952 shirt.

The 60 shirts in total will become apart of a traveling tour stopping in London, Ginza and Beijing, beginning with an exhibition at Dover Street Market in London on January 26th. Amongst the many contributors asked to design a shirt were Raf Simons, Blur frontman Damon Albarn, Inez & Vinoodh, The Specials to name a few- Mother Design was honored to be asked to contribute a design.

The team led by Christian Cervantes and Christopher Rogers attacked the shirt with a thoughtful arsenal: buckets of paint, a canister of tennis balls and a tennis racket. The outcome was a spontaneous kaleidoscope of exactly 60 brightly hued splatters resulting from exactly 60 swings to commemorate the brand’s 60th anniversary. "We wanted to honor the brand's origin in tennis as well as recognize it's influence in British music" stated Cervantes.

Credits:
Creative Ad Agency: Mother, New York.

Watch the Jason Wu for Target collection come to life in this new ad for Target entitled "Mischief" that not only features the song "Battez-Vous" by Brigitte in the commercial but also the animated cat Milu.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Wieden + Kennedy New York

Skechers released a teaser Super Bowl ad this week promoting the GOrun 2, in it a man attempts to outrun a cheetah. We won't actually know if he does or not until the ad airs during Super Bowl XLII.

Sadly, the Skechers spot created by ad agency Siltanen Partners looks all too familiar to this old Charal Meats ad done by Leo Burnett Paris, see it below.

Carolyn Sakstrup, Marketing Director, Target, takes us behind-the-scenes at the broadcast shoot of The Everyday Collection.

Like the brand’s signature color, Target’s advertising is bold and brave—whether it’s a presence in New York’s Times Square, a pop-up shop, vertical fashion show or star-studded shoppable film. 2013 will be no different.

The latest chapter in a long history of design and creative advertising, Target introduces “The Everyday Collection” campaign, which highlights groceries in an entirely new way. Beginning Jan. 6, the multi-faceted campaign unexpectedly and humorously fuses high style with food and other essential items like paper towels, laundry detergent and diapers.

See all the spots here.

Romeo Beckham shines in the Burberry Spring/Summer 2013 Collection ad campaign. The 10 year old son of Victoria and David Beckham made his debut for Burberry earlier last December in this 30 second teaser spot for Burberry.

The young Beckham stars alongside models Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell, Charlotte Wiggins, Charlie France, Alex Dunstan and Max Rendell.

The spot was directed by Christopher Bailey and shot by Mario Testino, featuring the music/song by Tom Odell, "Another Love".

Fashion brand Burberry brings on the Spring/Summer 2013 campaign with a big splash, the ad campaign features Romeo Beckham, the charming young son of David and Posh Beckham.

Romeo, just 10 years old appears in this Burberry teaser ad twirling his umbrella and popping his collar, stealing the limelight from the British models Edie Campbell and Charlie France.

The work was shot by Mario Testino and directed by Christopher Bailey, the campaign features the music Tom Odell and his song titled "Another Love".

Burberry promotes their fall and winter collection with a beautiful new web film; the "Woodland Adventure" trailer.

Inspired by the British countryside, featuring runway models, magical woodland animals and an awesome soundtrack, yes that is an Owl at: 54.

The music and song title for the Burberry Woodland Adventure commercial is Numb by Marina and The Diamonds.

Kmart "I'll Take Three OMG" holiday ad campaign...the best thing about this is the music. Song is Carol of the Bells by the musical artist Asia Bryant.

Credits:
Ad Agency: DraftFCB, Chicago.

New York-based Charlex and Grey, long-time collaborators for make-up and beauty work, have joined forces yet again to produce a gorgeous COVERGIRL spot starring actress Sofia Vergara of Modern Family fame. Sofia features beautiful CG and a unique overall look crafted by a Charlex team led by Producer Corey Budro and CD Will Kim.

Credits:
Client: COVERGIRL
Spot Title: Sofia
Agency: Grey
CD: Mark Fina
AD: Sandrine Amar
Producer: Topher Lorette
CG & FX: Charlex
CD: Will Kim
Senior Producer: Corey Budro
Designer: Jun Lee
Flame Retouch: Alan Neidorf, Burtis Scott, Marc Goldfine
Flame Design: Kyle Derleth
Lead Modeler: Alex Cheparev
Additional Modeler: Hung Ma
Lead Rigger: Steve Mann
Additional Rigger: Andre Stuppert
Lead Animator: Tony Tabtong
Lead Lighter: James Fisher
Additional Lighters: Frank Grecco, John Volny, Salar Saleh, Will Atkin
Executive Producer: Meredith Machial
Executive Creative Director: Alex Weil
Production Company: a WHITELABEL product
Director: Stephane Sednaoui
Edit House: Union Editorial
Editor: Laura Milstein

The Cools partnered up with Bobbi Brown to celebrate some of their favorite "Pretty Powerful" girls in NYC. The Cools hosted a skateboarding lesson with pro skater Eli Reed last week in Thompkins Square Park for 10 friends and produced a 90 second video documenting the early morning lesson.

The video featuring Victoria Secret model Jessica Hart, Leandra Medine (The Man Repeller), Natalie Joos, True Blood's Anastasia Ganias, Hannah Bronfman, Annie Georgia Greenberg, Chrissy Rutherford, Logan Horne, and more as they learn some pretty powerful moves in Thompkins Square Park.

The Cools is a New York City startup founded by Parisian entrepreneur Olivier van Themsche, that delivers a social marketplace tailored to your personal style. Follow curators you trust, share inspiration, shop from the community or sell your own things. This social marketplace is a vibrant and shop-able dialogue among tastemakers.

Credits:
Filmed by Jason Jenkins
Produced by Sydney Reising, and digital ad agency The 88, NY.

This years Harvey Nichols 2012 Christmas ad is an all out war between two ladies caught in the same dress. It's that all too familiar scenario. You've spent weeks, months even, searching for that seemingly perfect party outfit and arrive feeling fabulously festive — only for someone else to show up wearing the exact same dress.

This year, the Harvey Nichols Holiday video explores the dilemma of a #samedress situation, heightening the drama by extending the initial death stare, so that this fashion face-off is played out with laser beams and explosive energy bolts!

Credits:
Ad Agency: Adam & Eve

The Diesel YUK 20th anniversary edition shoes are perfect for not doing parkour.
And not doing parkour is pretty awesome.

Music is "Drumstep Mix" by Mr Matos.

Credits:
Agency: SMFB Oslo
Client: Diesel
Creative: Pal Hoyer-Andreassen
Creative: Magnus Hogberg Hansen
Designer: Niklas Hellborg
Web Producer: Kristoffer Lorang Dahl
Strategist: Kristian Kristiansen
Production Company: Acne Production
Director: Anders Jedenfors
Producer: Petur Mogensen
Line Production: Picture Farm
Line Producer: Arianne Culley
Line Producer: Cris Bren
Digital Production Company: Nodes Norway

Aurora from Sleeping Beauty by Elie Saab
Disney’s most magical fairy-tale princesses have been re-imagined for a new generation, courtesy of fashion’s most romantic designers for the London department store Harrods. Harrods went with magical theme for its Christmas displays this year.

Ariel from The Little Mermaid by Marchesa

Belle from Beauty & The Beast by Valentino

Cinderella by Versace

Jasmine from Aladdin by Escada

Mulan by Missoni

Pocahontas by Roberto Cavalli

Snow White by Oscar de la Renta

Tiana from The Princess and the Frog by Ralph & Russo
The gowns and accessories will be on display at Harrods in the Brompton Road windows, near Door 7.

Credits:
Photographer JASON ELL
Senior Fashion Editor SARAH WEBB
Hair SIMON IZZARD at Frank Agency
Make-up and Nails ROZELLE PARRY at DWM
using Shu Uemura and Essie
Make-up Assistant GIA MILLS
Models IVANE G at Profile, DOMINIQUE at Models 1,
CAROLINE MEAD at IMG, AMBA REOHORN and
CHARLOTTE P at Select, and JENNIFER at M+P Models
Deputy Fashion Editor POPPY ROCK
Photographer’s Assistants MICHAEL FURLONGER,
LIZ FRANKS, SCOTT ARCHIBALD and ROBERT SELF
Set Designer CHRISTOPHER WOODS at CLM

Four-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and a two-time overall World Cup Champion, Askel Lund Svindal joins Team Oakley. A nicely shot ad entitled "Beyond Reason" tells the story of Aksel on how his life is all about chasing the snow and skiing.

Norwegian alpine ski champ, Aksel Lund Svindal is a force to be reckoned with. You can find Aksel flying down some the world’s quickest hills at the most insane speeds imaginable. He blows through gates with precision and power, while blazing down the mountain in lightning fast times. Born to a ski family, Svindal quickly refined his craft and rose to the top of the sport. He’s remained there throughout his remarkably successful career, finishing in the top four in World Cup rankings every year since 2006. Svindal is not only a savvy skier. He knows what he’s talking about when it comes to business, marketing, product and sponsorships. That’s why it made even more sense for him to join the Oakley team.

Music was composed and arranged specifically for this commercial by German Wahnsinn.

The new face of Omega James Bond actress Bérénice Marlohe, above a video from the OMEGA James Bond SKYFALL event in Venice, Italy. Below, the stunning French actress tick-tocks all the boxes in this sizzling photo-shoot as she fronts a new advertising campaign for Omega.

Images: Omega 2013

The luxury brand Cartier is back this year with another Holiday ad campaign with the beautiful Panther Cub's starring in the Magical Winter Tale.

Cartier invites you to enjoy its magical Winter Tale, two panther cubs play hide and seek in a snow-laden forest of fir trees. These mischievous cubs lead us on an enchanting adventure. Follow their journey, filled with discoveries and precious gifts.

Panthers were first introduced to us in Cartier's ad/film "L'Odyssée de Cartier", a journey between dream and reality (below). For the very first time, Cartier has decided to create a cinema epic focusing on its history, its values and inspiration, its artistic and universal scope. Directed by: Bruno Aveillan.

For those of us who wont be shopping for the luxuriously wonderful things from Cartier, Target has a really "Big Dog" in their Holidays are Coming ad, see it HERE.

Nicki Minaj released the official commercial for her Pink Friday perfume, named after her first album release. This is apparently, a follow-up ad to the unofficial commercial that hit the web last month, see it below.

Here we go with another it's not what you think it is commercial, the new Marc Jacobs ad, "Jack of All Shades" features a good looking guy polishing his Square Aviator Sunglasses at the park. Too bad they made him look like a wanker, the polisher is an employee of the Jacobs Soho store in New York, Andrew Weyer.

Credits:
Copyright(c) 2012 Marc Jacobs International, LLC
via: The Cut

New York-based Gilt Groupe, the members-only flash sales website, launches its first TV ad campaign with two new commercials. Above is extended version of the "Gunfight" ad and below is the "Taxi" spot, where there is just too much going on in the back seat of that cab even for me.

The new Gap 2012 Holiday ad entitled "Love Comes In Every Shade" features rapper Nas and his father, blues musician Olu Dara, actress Aubrey Plaza, the band The Atomics, actress Diana Garcia and musician Greg Rogove. The song is called "Just Me And You" by the musical artist Nylon Studios.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Peterson Milla Hooks
Country: United States of America
Director: Peggy Sirota
Executive Creative Director: Dave Peterson
Creative Director/ AD / copywriter: Courtney Vincent
Editing Company: Channel Z Minneapolis
Post production: Pixel Farm Minneapolis
Agency Producer: sean healey
Editor: Brett Astor
Music Studio: Nylon NY
Music Supervisor: Daron Walker