Monday, July 12, 2010

the "21st-century gym": a history of women athlete ads


"The creative team embarked on a different course. Janet Champ and Charlotte Moore met behind closed doors to immerse themselves in women's magazines and to talk frankly about the negative messages that limited women's choices. 'We found magazines so disgusting ... [that] we made a list of what made us sick ...'(Champ). After their first ads ran, '... women were hanging the 'lists' on their refrigerators and showing them to their daughters" (Moore).1990






"If You Let Me Play Sports"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ_XSHpIbZE




Nike Athlete Campaign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FByrnI68vk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNG9Mao1bKg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXJbVOO23rU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXMpXsbem4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urjikzh7e2M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvXmciDOitE






"For most women, high performance isn't about sports; it's about fitness. We never appreciated the whole world of the active lifestyle. We had such a jock heritage -- for men and women -- that we never saw anything beyond that. Women don't treat athletes like heroes.

This is no longer about 'If You Let Me Play.' Women don't need anybody's permission. We are at our best when we are showing women a place where they didn't think they could be.

Today "it's about a woman's nomadic lifestyle, going from doing yoga in the morning, to work, to picking up the kids, to going for a run. Why shouldn't we have everyday clothes that perform as well as our workout gear?"

- nike designers




Nike "Rush Hour"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBsKvPP_vVY&feature=related

Nike "Here I am"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dtZtLOOiEo&feature=fvw

Nike Ballerina vs Dancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ooGrzi0KU&feature=related

Nike Not an athlete
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLi3taWNmus


Under Armour Practice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1C757H8ixw

Under Armour Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49O__h-TfQ

sources

Advertising & Society Review Vol 7, Issue 2

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