celebrity advertising

Gucci's "Horsebit" Jewelry Ads With Drew Barrymore Still Going Strong

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

Clearly I'm behind on my Gucci ads because I just noticed that Drew Barrymore is the face of the company's Horsebit jewelry line. According to this post from Fabsugar, dated almost a year ago, Barrymore is the first celebrity chosen to promote the line. I just spotted one of the ads in the September 2008 Travel + Leisure, so I guess Barrymore either signed a contact for a year or more, or the company is happy with how sales are going. The cocktail ring Barrymore's wearing, for example, is 18kt yellow gold with brown diamonds, total 5.76 carats: $10,890.

Tags: Barrymore, celeb ads, CelebAds, celebrity advertising, CelebrityAdvertising, Drew Barrymore, DrewBarrymore, Gucci, Horsebit, jewelry

Kanye West Spoofs Self in Absolut Vodka Ads

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Endless self-promoter Kanye West -- who proves he has a sense of humor about himself after all -- spoofs his persona in a new line of Absolut ads. The first time I saw the print ad (which looked like, but didn't have the Absolut references, what you see here), I didn't get it at all, and I had no idea what was being advertised. A little research showed me the light. I can't show you much here, since you need to be 21 to get into these sites. Log on and check them out for yourself. And don't lie about your age -- it's bad karma.

Tags: Absolut, Absolut Vodka, AbsolutVodka, beverages, booze, celebrities, celebrity advertising, CelebrityAdvertising, drinks, Kanye, Kanye West, KanyeWest, liquor, Vodka