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Banana Republic - My Chosen Family

Company: The Gap
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Brand: Banana Republic
Ad Title: My Chosen Family
Business Category: Fashion/Apparel
Media Outlets: Print
Country: United States
Region: North America
Agency: Shahid & Co.
Year: 1993
Target: Mainstream
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Celebrity art photographer Bruce Weber and art director Sam Shahid have worked together for 15 years, starting at Calvin Klein in 1981, where they helped win acceptance of the male body in mass media. They put up a larger-than-life billboard in Times Square of a muscled man in white briefs that became synonymous with Klein — a brand that now has tremendous currency in the gay community. Back then, the nearly nude male was considered taboo in a business that used women's bodies to sell most anything.

They moved to Banana Republic, where in 1992 they first created a sensation with the "Free Souls" ad insert into Vanity Fair and later with this campaign, "My Chosen Family."

Since 1996, the creative team has made Abercrombie & Fitch a force among youth with nonstop pictures of beefcake.

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Patric Michael , ,
Sappy but true... This image also has the distinction of prompting me to take my first step toward crawling out of the closet. I will never forget this ad. :)
Elizabeth , Houston
This is one of the sexiest ad campaigns I have ever seen -- I have noticed that this company has several along the same theme, and I thank them. ;)

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