Tuesday, February 15, 2011

What is Levi's Up to When Simply Reproducing History is so Trendy?

Opening Ceremony is collaborating (again). With Levi's again

The video launched for the occasion is touching with a cake and a playful kiss, short skirts and cute accidents all happening in a little white-cube house, but the clothes seem really secondary. I get that Levi's is confused and needs the trendy power of OC to feel hip again, but I think that instead of producing a few pretty unnecessary items to be associated with Opening Ceremony, Levi's should have engaged in a now very common branding maneuver: look back (on its own) to reproduce some of their old collections. Like Mr.Oizo's Sta-Prest or their Twisted (greatest jeans of all time) collection which (unlike their past collaboration with OC which is on sale) would last more than a season:

Opening Ceremony (aw... adorable colour coordination, clothes?):

Sta-Prest (great ad, interesting outfit):

Twisted Collection (weird ad, great pants):