This Look Is Not, And Never Will Be, Attractive
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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1:50PM, Thursday November 5th 2009
I need to get something off my chest. I hate this GUESS ad. I hate it because it features a rather attractive guy wearing what could only be described as a “denim duster coat” with bleach spots. It is perhaps the most hideous ensemble I have ever seen on a dude, like something out of Justin Timberlake’s closet circa 1998. Every time I see this ad—and I see it a lot because it is running in all the current fashion, women’s, and gossip magazines—I want to take my thumb and stab holes through the paper. Why is GUESS still around as a company? Who shops there? What man shops there? Can someone please tell me?
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bumbler
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:53 pm: [report]
Looks like fancy dress night at Merlotte’s.
EastCoastMale
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:54 pm: [report]
I actually don’t mind the clothes. Even if she buttoned up and unfurled the shirt I still would like the colors and textures. Call me crazy.
Riley
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:58 pm: [report]
I think Guess is still popular in other parts of the country, not certain though.
We can’t all live in NYC.
Frederica Bimble
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:58 pm: [report]
bumbler: Ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha….good one.
Regarding the photo, easy does it on the judgements in this article, now. How else will women with low self-esteem get their best features across?
kalibrooke
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:59 pm: [report]
it’s interesting that the tired slutty cowgirl look didn’t provoke your ire… clearly, that’s less offensive than an acid-washed denim mancoat.
Raugiel
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:59 pm: [report]
[As to the dude in the picture] The coat looks ok. What I don’t get is the ascot and two button down shirts, with one obviously being too small. That patch of belly isn’t hot, it just makes you look like you can’t pick a shirt that fits.
Raugiel
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:00 pm: [report]
Maybe I missed the point, but I thought she was complaining about the man’s outfit.
ooi0katzy0ioo
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:01 pm: [report]
I know my brother shops there and it’s still a very popular store. They are located in all the popular malls here in the Bay Area (CA). While I’m not a big fan of the denim duster jacket thing, I do like their clothes on men…
C.Munro
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:04 pm: [report]
I saw the female model and thought, “Oh, god, please don’t let big hair become popular again.”
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:06 pm: [report]
i saw the title, saw the picture, and thought to myself “haters… this chick looks HOT.” im glad you were talking about the femmy coat the vampire wannabe is wearing.
Timeguy55
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:07 pm: [report]
she has a beautiful face, and her hair is done really well. I would date her in half a heartbeat
TinaLish
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:07 pm: [report]
Actually my ex from highschool totally bought a pair of their pants and when he wore them they were extremely tight.
My best friend end up saying he looked like a closet homosexual. I was like, that’s horrible. I myself thought the pants made his butt look nice, but I guess that was just me. Lol…
bumbler
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:08 pm: [report]
Nothing says HOT like the inability to figure out what a shirt was designed for.
Frederica Bimble
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:10 pm: [report]
I didn’t read the article, I thought it was about the woman’s shirt. The guy’s jacket is a non-issue.
I woke up to comment on this?!
bumbler
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:11 pm: [report]
The good thing about Guess jeans is that they have waist and inseam measurements making it much easier to find a pair in your size. The bad thing about Guess jeans is that they are so often distressed and bedazzled to death that you don’t want to own a pair even though they do fit well.
k_roja
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]
@C. Munro… I worried the same thing.
BIG hair, BIG no!!
kalibrooke
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]
@bumbler
you are so right; that’s hilarious.
chipclip
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:18 pm: [report]
Yeah, why are we talking about the dude’s shirt? I thought it was about hers, too. Her little outfit is very silly. The belly chain seals the deal.
Amelia McDonell-Parry
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:20 pm: [report]
To clarify. I am hugely offended by the man’s denim jacket. Her outfit is the usual pin-up tramp thingy Guess always does for its ads.
CleverShrew
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:21 pm: [report]
That chain gives him something to hold on to, obviously.
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:23 pm: [report]
the belly chain seals the deal for me too… *swoon*
Lynn
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:32 pm: [report]
@ C. Munro - ha, I actually saw her hair and thought “how can mine do that?” - wonder if it’s a regional thing, I’m in KY
P. G.
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:36 pm: [report]
agreed.
Mielita
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:37 pm: [report]
My ex shops there. Only because he still hasn’t discovered Ed Hardy.
Might I emphasize Ex?
kalibrooke
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:40 pm: [report]
@amelia
i figured; that’s just par for the course with guess ads…
amandabear
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:43 pm: [report]
His outfit is just bizarre. With the ascot thing and the patch of stomach showing? Just no.
C.Munro
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:43 pm: [report]
LOL. I’m in Dallas, where it took a very long time for big hair to go away the first time around.
Jillybean
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:51 pm: [report]
What’s with the big hair hate? I love it. Mostly because it means I don’t have to bother doing anything to mine.
Lazy, me? The guy plays up to my pirate fetish so I really can’t see anything wrong with this ad. I doubt anyone would dress like that round my neck of the woods anyway.
Lexington
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:54 pm: [report]
Frankly, the guy’s look is kinda right up my alley- he looks like a modern twist of a 19th century gentleman *swoon*.
@C.Munro- it still hasn’t gone away. I know a family with 4 girls ages 17-27ish, they’re all about six feet tall, and they all have huge hair. Every picture of them, they’re tilting their heads to one size, all in sync, and I have to wonder if it’s just so they’ll get all their hair in.
spatula
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 02:56 pm: [report]
@Lynn and @C Munro: Big hair is back, kids. And Lynn I totally thought the same thing (how do I do that?!) and I’m in VA.
Humble Bee
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:00 pm: [report]
@ooi0katzy0oooi i’m in the South Bay area aswell!, and Guess is still popular and overpriced. I do have this denim dress that I love! It’s so curve hugging, and not ugly. lol. Most Denim dresses i’ve seen are fugs.
@Bumbler lmao, almost everything is bedazzled or gold at Guess.
C.Munro
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:02 pm: [report]
Aw, man.
One of the reasons I’m not fond of big hair is that I can’t run my fingers through it ‘cause it’s either full of Aquanet or I get yelled at for messing it up.
Jillybean
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:07 pm: [report]
Awww C.Munro - you old romantic!
retro chic
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:12 pm: [report]
Pretty edgy stuff. Like they nabbed some abandoned loads at the local Sit ‘n Spin laundromat and biker shop for a new twist on thrift couture.
Amelia: “duster” – haven’t heard that in years… hahaha!
Sofjna
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:24 pm: [report]
@bumbler: I almost spit out my mouthful of tea reading your first comment.
@munro: I love big hair, but I can’t wear it since I’m in Jersey. (South Jersey, but still too much of a stereotype sadly.)
Joey Daytona
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:36 pm: [report]
Big hair is BACK baby!
I dig the vibe, prison concertina wire in the background atop the chainlink fence… did they break out or are they going in?
retro chic
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 03:54 pm: [report]
Yep, that’s what we like: The Rebel Without a Clue” look. I suspect they’re going in after this.
DancerNinja
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 04:04 pm: [report]
This is how we’ll be dressing in the wild west when the cities are like Blade Runner. Note the neck hankie for wind storm protection.
eakelt2
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 05:41 pm: [report]
The duster coat is what you looked at? I can’t take my eyes off the belly chain. So wrong on so many levels.
BlueVibe
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 09:23 am: [report]
I’m from Houston—big hair was never passé.
I have this thing where I hate it when they take utilitarian features and use them on completely impractical clothing. Like a miniskirt with cargo pockets. Or a flannel shirt the size of a pot-holder. Or a denim-freakin’-blazer. Men’s coat-dress? No duster ever fit that closely.
He looks like he’s homeless and wearing every piece of clothing he owns (and that he apparently dumpster-dives in a hipster neighborhood).
Pookie
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:22 am: [report]
Does anybody else remember belly shirts with belly cahins being cool in the 90’s? Or was that only in South Fla?
Pookie
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:23 am: [report]
Oops I can’t spell today I meant to write, ‘chains’ not cahins.
NaughtyPrincessBecka
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 11:17 am: [report]
who’s looking at the guy anyways!?! That chick is hot and her outfit is not helping her look….when did flannel come back in fashion? I get flash backs to the dirty grunge era of the 90’s and don’t think we should resurrect that time in fashion!
ciarabug
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 12:12 pm: [report]
wow- i LOVE these outfits. agree to disagree, i guess :p. very space-western.
then again i’m a raging nerd.
ohhfoggylullaby
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 12:37 pm: [report]
all of the guess ads look like they did in the 90s—why do they even bother making more? And the belly chain? Did I miss the memo that it’s 1996 again? They’re both so attractive people, its a shame they’re put in those clothes. The leather jacket on the the girl is pretty great though, in my opinion. But I love leather jackets.
taalibba
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]
Didn’t even notice the coat actually, was way too distracted by the “Hey, we have belly buttons!” of it all.
Jillakiss
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 04:23 pm: [report]
@bumbler, right on! He even looks like Erik!
Lynn
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 11:34 pm: [report]
@NaughtyPrincessBecka - her shirt is plaid, I’m pretty sure it’s not flannel And yep, plaid is back in fashion. Pick up any style mag right now and it will say that!
Kurkuma
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 12:31 am: [report]
They stole the idea from fall out 3 - a game of the “what would happen after an nuclear war”-kind
ootie grl
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 08:18 am: [report]
That guy looks like he borrowed that girls clothes. Maybe he traded her the hairspray and the belly chain for her belly shirts.
wetwet20
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 03:17 pm: [report]
Besides the denim jacket on the male…I think they both look hot.
Kati-Anne
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 05:26 pm: [report]
Is it just me, or does it look like they tried to make these two the ultra-sexy 2009 versions of Rayanne Graff and Jordan Catalano?
iamozy
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 08:55 pm: [report]
regardless, they both look VERY sexy
toyen
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 10:37 pm: [report]
@bumbler - LOL.
I am really tempted to go dig out my old Sassy magazines and see if I can’t find a similar Guess ad from the early ‘90s. They sure haven’t changed much.
txninmn
wrote on November 8 2009 @ 08:28 pm: [report]
@Lexington, dear god, do you know my cousins?
That sounds like multiple pictures of them. And unfortunately I can’t disown that I went through my own big hair stage (I think it’s in the Texas blood).
But this picture here isn’t too far a cry from what my hair looked like on Hallowe’en - when I was zombiefied.
I think of these two I would be more scared of the guy’s hair, though; it looks like someone dumped a whole thing of gel in it. Ewww.
adamjs
wrote on November 8 2009 @ 08:41 pm: [report]
He looks like a guy who is dressing like a girl who is trying to dress like a guy…
esmee
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 12:34 pm: [report]
The belly chain is just stupid. Do you know what’s going to happen when she sits down? Not to mention the whole bra-as-part-of-a-look thing.
Dunno, Guess? has always been kind of trashy/sexy. The older I get the more trashy I think it is. 10 years ago—totally sexy..
esmee
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 12:36 pm: [report]
Also every man I’ve ever dated would be mortified to show any belly, even with a six-pack.
ciarabug
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 04:05 pm: [report]
kurkuma—- EXACTLY!! that is exactly what i mean.
some of us like that stuff. XD
Melania
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 06:54 am: [report]
I dont know i like the Guess ads. i LOVE their jeans. Always a perfect fit when i order off the internet.
The nice thing about marketing is that they need to create feedback. whether good and bad. I would assume this topic proves that their marketing works.
nufan_genesis
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 04:15 pm: [report]
Yeah the ad is ridonculous, but I LOVE GUESS?. I mean their clothes is wonderful. Their shoes are the best and their jeans rock like nobody’s business, so please get over the ad and remember that they’re here for a reason.
femmefatale
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 01:35 pm: [report]
tacky. i haven’t owned a pair of guess jeans since the triangle logo.
nonenone
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 09:25 pm: [report]
F*ck you guys, it’s apparent that you’re all OLD, because the younger generation (including myself) all think that guess is hot
dizzy
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 09:58 pm: [report]
“all”? I’m 25. It’s foul. I went to their website just to double-check. From their new arrivals:
http://shop.guess.com/ProductDetails.aspx?style=W94704Q08K0&category;|59=&image=W94704Q08K0-STNI
http://shop.guess.com/ProductDetails.aspx?style=W93944D1SD0&category;|56=&image=W93944D1SD0-SICR
http://shop.guess.com/ProductDetails.aspx?style=W94807U03Y0&category;|59=&image=W94807U03Y0-NMDM
http://shop.guess.com/ProductDetails.aspx?style=YI8188&category;|59=&image=YI8188-JBLK
Gag me. I have a very edgy sense of style but all of these scream tasteless and trashy. The best part? They’re insanely overpriced!
landesign
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 08:34 pm: [report]
Guess fashions are great for the ladies, but give me
a pair of Old Navy boot cut jeans and a tee shirt any day over Guess men’s fashion.