As the creative lead for all U.S. Marketing at Tommy Hilfiger, I was responsible for all U.S. marketing and advertising creative. We worked closely with the global European studio for international creative, and together we created this advertising campaign as the third installment in a series of Tommy Hilfiger campaigns under the umbrella concept "Iconic America."
“Pop Elegance”
Seasonal Iconic America campaigns were photographed in American national parks to show off the natural and dramatic grandeur America has within its borders, unknown by many Europeans, the brand's actual core consumer. Shot in Washington's Olympic National Park, where wild sea meets forest, Tommy Hilfiger's cast of friends reunite for a dinner party on Rialto Beach. The perfect gray and moody backdrop offsets this season's bright "pop" collection featuring neon pop colors through out the collection.
This fully integrated campaign includes imagery for print ads, outdoor, retail in-store, web, commerce, printed image piece. Video was for web and in-store usage.
Fun fact: The baby grand piano in the images had to be airlifted onto the beach in the national park, but ended up falling into the ocean as an accident. We just kept shooting... It. Was. Amazing!
PHOTO ART DIRECTION FOR LICENSING PARTNERS
Some of our American licensee business partners asked us to shoot some (rather plain) products in a similar style to the on-figure images for their marketing collateral. Instead of losing the beauty and feeling of being in the park, we brought the mood to the studio. Wood and rocks were used to mimic the beach at Olympic National, while the use of gray paper turned the composition into a focal piece of art.
Fashion Week: Show Invitation & Look Book
Design notes: The invitation (left) is duplexed paper with the information side being black gloss type + 3 color gloss logo printed on rubber coated stock, with the backside being a metallic mirror paper with a forest scene printed one color. The invitation envelope is all gloss black. The look book's cover was the same rubber coating as the invitation, with the inside pages printed 5 color on matte stock, spot gloss only on the images. The same forest scene was used in the Fall 20007 fashion show as a backdrop, with a black gloss runway.
Creative Team:
Campaign creative direction: J. Padgett and F. Van Alphen.
Art Direction US Ads & Collateral: J. Padgett
Design for US printed pieces: J. Padgett
Photography (on figure): Dewey Nicks
Fashion Stylist: M. Duplan
Photography (product): Tim Hogan