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things they use in fashion adverts NO ONE uses in rl

45 replies

Nehru · 28/04/2013 16:01

camper vans
old fashioned deckchairs
bikes with flowers in the basket

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K8Middleton · 28/04/2013 17:22

Happily eaten a Ryvita. Nobody in RL has ever actually enjoyed one. Tolerated, yes. Relished? No.

The latest F&F for Tesco, Littlewoods and probably Next ads that have women hanging out by the pool pouting. No woman ever hefted herself aloft from the water hanging onto the side, tossed her hair and pouted. Not unless her name was Shamu and she was appearing at The Sealife Centre.

Nehru · 28/04/2013 17:25

oh next LOVE women who crouch on the ground showing how their handbag matches their shoes

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moondog · 28/04/2013 18:35

Saxaphones
whilst indulgent Beale Street musicians look on

OneLittleLady · 28/04/2013 18:38

Spontaneous dancing. Clothes that magically change from day to night in the click of your fingers. Every possible colour combination going that you just know won't be available anywhere in a store near you.

ArtexMonkey · 28/04/2013 18:41

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moondog · 28/04/2013 18:48

My faves are ones for older folk-cruises, funeral costs,glasses that sort of thing.
White haired but well preserved couples splashing through the surf.
Ha always has a Kenny Rogers beard and v white teeth.
She used to model polyester two pieces for Women's Realm. Now getting on but still good. Loose shirt, rolled up trousers, platinum bob and tasteful crow's feet. Also gleaming gnashers.

cocolepew · 28/04/2013 18:49

I love Ryvita Blush.

moondog · 28/04/2013 18:51

I do too.

piprabbit · 28/04/2013 18:54

I think they skip a lot too. At least I assume that's what they were doing when the camera just happened to catch them prancing forward with one leg out stretched and the other kicking up behind.

trixymalixy · 28/04/2013 18:55

We use 3 out of the 4 things on your first two posts. Everything apart from the bike. My life is just one long photoshoot Grin.

polyhymnia · 28/04/2013 18:55

There are lots of those 'well-preserved' older couples in the wretched Viking River Cruise ads which seem to have invaded just about every prime-time programme on ITV!

sinpan · 28/04/2013 19:05

QR codes.

Nehru · 28/04/2013 19:08

LOl

they are so shit arent they

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AmberNectarine · 28/04/2013 20:19

Smiling, tanned couples laying the table on their patio under a lustrously bedecked pergola, while similarly tanned, perfectly behaved children dressed immaculately in white play harmoniously nearby.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/04/2013 20:44

Model Mum/Dad who look about 5 years older than their offspring.
Mum has beautiful hair,teeth,skin
DC always pretty long haired, dancing round a staely home garden.

And ponies, with animal warpaint.(Boden IIRC had a rainbow painted pony or pink )

domesticslattern · 28/04/2013 21:03

Women standing at bizarre angles, feet turned inwards or one leg jutting out bizarrely or knees splayed. Like a newborn colt learning to stand for the first time. I want to yelp "Stand up properly Fgs!". I expect somewhere an art director thinks that women standing up is boooooring and so we all need to be leaning to one side with our knees facing different directions and a look of mild panic.

moondog · 28/04/2013 21:12

Idiot women standing with an arm dangling in chimp like fashion to the fore

Fluffycloudland77 · 28/04/2013 21:13

I think she's had a stroke.

moondog · 28/04/2013 21:25
Grin Hemiplaegic chic
MacaYoniAndCheese · 28/04/2013 23:14

I think she needs to spend a penny.

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