Warhol takes the subject of his paintings, the original can, and transforms it into high-class art with the appropriations of line and depth in his visual depiction of the tin. The collection features the iconic red and white Campbell’s Soup brand cans silk screened onto 32 canvases with the differing varieties of soup. Buy campbells soup posters designed by millions of artists and iconic brands from all over the world. All campbells soup posters are produced on-demand using archival inks, ship within 48 hours, and include a 30-day money-back guarantee. Customize your campbells soup poster with hundreds of different frame options, and get the exact look that you want for your wall!
I met Andy Warhol in the dressing room at Paul Stuart on Madison Avenue. I was trying on a suit and he was trying to disappear into the woodwork, while giving a friend some fashion advice as he was having his pants cuffed. Last Sunday was the 22nd anniversary of his death, and knowing Andy as well as I do, its my impression that he would be very interested to see how two of his iconic packages, Chanel No5 and Campell’s Soup, have evolved in the 22 years since his death.
Also last Sunday there was a great piece written by Alice Rawsthorn, in the Spring Fashion issue of The New York Times Style Magazine. Here is the link. She talks about Coco Chanel, the perfume bottle’s introduction in 1921, and the rich history of the brand. It reminded me of how a classic brand can remain fresh in spite of all of the fragrance counter activity in the last several decades. Virtually no change in look while competing in a category that lives on constant innovation and the latest “it” thing.
Now a category not known for constant innovation and the latest “it” thing, is the soup aisle. While the Campbell’s Tomato Soup itself has changed very little in the last few decades, other Campbell’s soup flavors have changed markedly. The cans have become filled with product photography, prominent sub brands, color coding, and your usual over rendered funky logotypes for some of the soup targeted at kids.
Clickcharts diagram flowchart software. My sense is that the amount of change reflected in the two brands has something to do with the positioning of the brands, certainly. But it has more to do with the shopping patterns of the very different retail venues where the products are found.
If you walk into the ground floor of Saks Fifth Avenue, pause for just a second in any aisle, and just listen. The next sound you are likely to hear is the voice of a well trained professional sales person, just aching to get your attention, and bring you up to date on the latest stuff behind their counter. If you stop, virtually all of them are intimately aware of the products, their use, and how they might be just right for you. In two words this is called, personal service. This has been the retail model for Saks since it was founded by Horace Saks in 1924, and it hasn’t changed much in the last 85 years.
When was the last time you got personal service in the soup aisle. What Campbell’s began to realize was that this aisle is always self-shopped, and their customers are typically in a hurry, distracted, and were having a tough time reading the labels for any number of reasons. This meant time waisted, or mistakes made, finding the flavor. So now we have a few icon flavors like tomato that have remained classic, while most cans in their new display have clear signals to help the consumer. I’m not sure what this will do to long-term brand equity, but my suspicion is the folks at Campbell’s have their eye on this.
So you have two classic packages, both dating from the early decades of the twentieth century. A time when both the department store and food store offered personal service. Chanel is a brand sold primarily in the department store, a retail model that hasn’t changed much in the last century. Campbell’s is a brand that was designed in a time when you knew your grocer, and he personally helped you fill each bag. Times have changed in food store retailing and Campbell’s has had to adapt, even if Andy would be disappointed.
References
Rawsthorn, Alice. 2009. Message in a Bottle. The New York Times. Spring Fashion Magazine
For more articles by Alice Rawsthorn, click here.
Images. Copyright 2009 – The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Resource, Solomon Fine Art
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” Coco Chanel
It seems that I see Coco Chanel everywhere these days. She is always present in every style book I read, other fashion bloggers refer to her style in their outfits and her nautical style with stripes is very much on trend. I too am inspired by her enduring look, which has only been intensified since seeing the film Coco & Igor last weekend. Apart from a gripping story, the film also features many beautiful outfits.
I thought it was about time to profile one of my favorite style icons and find out what made (and still makes) her so special in terms of style. One of the things that makes Coco Chanel’s style so special, is that her clothes are still modern today. While watching the film, I was left wondering how many of the clothes were copies of true things she had worn or if they had been adapted and modernised for the film.
In any case, the clothes exuded style and class and appeared to be timeless. They were actually created with a team of designers who received the collaboration of Chanel’s current designer: Karl Lagerfeld. They put themselves in Coco’s shoes and tried to imagine what she would wear. Have a look at some of the original costume sketches of the garments that appear in the film. If you like to read more about this check out this page.
Coco’s style
Coco Chanel stuck to one particular style throughout her life, thereby creating a very distinct signature style.
Some characteristics of her style include:
- Simplicity, elegance and comfort: the key elements of her style
- Black and white: colors she often stuck to
- Nautical: many garments were inspired by sailor and nautical themes and often featured stripes
- Men’s wear: she had an ability to transform men’s wear into elegant and comfortable feminine clothes
- Lots of accessories: large and plentiful fake pearl necklaces were often featured in her outfits
- The little black dress: Chanel has been credited as the ‘inventor’ of this wardrobe staple in 1926
- Focus on style and not trends
Iconic Coco Chanel designs
Some iconic Chanel designs and products include:
- Yachting trousers (sailors’ bell-bottoms)
Coco Chanel quotes
Apart from the famous quote that I mentioned above there are some more quotes from Coco Chanel worth mentioning:
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“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” Runtime_output_directory.
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
“”The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!”
“”The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!”
“As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!”
“A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed”
Adminlte laravel 5.8 tutorial. I am truly inspired by some of her iconic designs and aim to infuse a little more Chanel style into my wardrobe.
Coco Chanel Campbell Soup Art
What do you think about Coco Chanel and her influence on style? Do her designs still inspire and influence you?
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