Drawing/Imaging Assignment 1

 

Oh Lola OriginalDrawing Imaging Assignment 1 Final

 

 

I chose the fragrance ad for Oh Lola!, partially due to my background knowledge of the campaign. It was banned due to the model’s pose being too suggestive for her age despite her styling. I immediately was reminded of Vladimir Nabokov’s story of Lolita. I decided to strip the image of any suggestion and amplified it’s message by replacing the perfume bottle with a champagne bottle, and coloring her lips. I faded the image slightly as a way of representing childhood slipping away. I feel like both images speak to the strain young girls face today in regards to sexualizing themselves, as encouraged by the media. The text has been rearranged, with Marc Jacobs’ name moved to the top and made smaller to suggest that it’s understood that the image pushes boundaries, causing him to hide his name rather than show it off. “The New Teenager” caption has replaced “The New Fragrance for Women” since the subject was not yet considered a woman at the time, and it appealed to a much younger demographic.


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