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The new Dove advert

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PECS Fri 01-Apr-22 17:29:35

Dove adverts have a history of challenging 'image' . There was an early ad featuring women of a range
of various shapes & sizes as well as ethnicities.

JaneJudge Fri 01-Apr-22 16:05:00

A beautiful young girl

NotTooOld Fri 01-Apr-22 16:00:33

Excellent ad. Well done whoever thought it up.

BlueBelle Fri 01-Apr-22 15:54:09

Unfortunately the young generation don’t watch adverts

Vintagejazz Fri 01-Apr-22 15:43:54

That's brilliant. Also shows how very young girls are making themselves up to look like women in their twenties - also damaging and potentially dangerous.

Squiffy Fri 01-Apr-22 14:03:14

Excellent! It should be compulsory viewing in schools! Thank you for posting this, Honeysuckleberries, I hadn't seen it before.

timetogo2016 Fri 01-Apr-22 13:52:26

Brilliant in every aspect.

Jaxjacky Fri 01-Apr-22 12:56:02

Thank you Honeysuckle I’ve just posted on my Facebook.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:41:19

Yes, our generation had models in fashion magazines to compare ourselves with. It didn't seem anything like as bad as today's influences in social media.

Visgir1 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:04:34

Yes.. I too was surprised when I saw it.. Brilliant point hope it goes onto social media as well. The younger generation don't watch much TV but they need to know they are lovely without all the "paint work"

Callistemon21 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:02:28

Dove adverts are usually excellent, well done again.

Kate1949 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:01:51

I like it. I hope my granddaughter sees it.

FannyCornforth Fri 01-Apr-22 12:01:15

Yes, I recently saw it on TV.
It is excellent

BlueSky Fri 01-Apr-22 12:00:03

I guess this applies to our age group too, those women with perfect breasts and wrinkle free faces are the result of plastic surgery and photo shopping, not the various miraculous and expensive creams!

Sparklefizz Fri 01-Apr-22 11:58:34

Thank you so much for mentioning this. I just looked at it on YouTube, and well done Dove.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2T-Rh838GA

Honeysuckleberries Fri 01-Apr-22 11:45:08

Has anyone seen this fantastic advert?
It starts with a photo of a very glamorous young lady, then tracks backwards through the photo manipulation and the make up being applied. It ends with a pretty normal young lady nothing like the photo.
The ad says that we are ruining young lives by believing that the glamorous photo is reality.
I just think it is such a good message to be sending to our youngsters.
It is so nice to actually have a good advert for once. Well done Dove.