Just because you're dead, doesn't mean you can't sell shoes and it seems that no one knows this better than the makers of Doc Marten's. Evidently, the company is about to run a new poster campaign depicting Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone as angels hanging out on clouds and wearing Docs.
We wanted to communicate that Dr. Martens boots are made to last, and we discovered that these idolized musicians wore them. Showing them still wearing their Docs in heaven dramatized the boots durability perfectly. And, as images, they feel very iconic.
According to a story on The Daily Swarm, the images have only been cleared for use in the UK so far. If you like what you see, credit should go to photographer Dimitri Daniloff and retoucher Christophe Huet who collaborated to enhance and retouch photos of the pop-icons licensed to Dr.Martens by Corbis.
That is quite possibly the creepiest picture of Kurt I have ever seen. Not to mention, he's probably screaming in his grave about being used an advertisement for SHOES. Since he was avidly against any sort of commercialism and all that.
Good fucking god. This aggrivates me in so many ways. Good way to make certain that you will NEVER sell a pair of shoes to me. Fuck you corporate cocksuckers.
VaugelyChilly said:
Hahahaha Sid Vicious in heaven...*wipes a tear*
haha yeah i have to wonder about that one.
they aren't very good pictures.
maybe i've lost my soul here (if i ever had one) but i think the overall idea is kind of cute in a sleazy, market-rebellion-to-seventh-graders, madison avenue kind of way.
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