the status corp

A few years back, I bought ad space in magazines for Matador. To place an ad, I’d call an ad rep, reserve the space, and send them artwork. Shortly after the ad came out, they’d send me a copy of the ad along with a bill. So I was psyched to see someone making creative use of this system: A guy in Switzerland, pretending to be a representative from Gucci, called up a weekly paper and reserved a two-page spread. He then sent in a fake ad of himself naked from the waist up, flanked by a bottle of Gucci…

Originally
from Stay Free! Daily

by Carrie McLaren

reBlogged

by the status corporation

on Mar 22, 2007, 1:12AM

Originally by Carrie McLaren from Stay Free! Daily on March 21, 2007, 6:12pm

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