<![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> this might blow the cover, but the 1932 Chelsea-Starret-Lehigh Building that this shoot was taken at, does resemble an interior/high-end luxury store design firm that I worked for, and it was somewhat more of an interiors firm than an architectural firm. adding to that, the model shows a section of a house, therefore, there can be a high possibility that this ad could just be trying to evoke an interiors firm, rather than a purely design based architectural firm.

that's just my five cents.
but yes, I've worked with people like this...bland...

adoptme

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Not having seen the ad campaign I can only comment on the included photo.

What makes you think it's an architectural firm? I look at the photo and see an Interiors meeting. Four women, inappropriately dressed (for the office) sitting around looking glamorous... that's interior designers for you.

Also, note the lack of any drawings. Architects cant talk without a few drawings and some trace paper (aka bum-wad).

Also note the table and chairs. KARENA correctly notes the amount of space left on the shelf and the non-architectural books on the table. But if you look closely, the table and chairs appear to be from a school, where brightly colored books and empty shelves would seem to fit.

But Interior Designers wouldn't have a public school for a client. There's the lie of it all.

archshrk

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Live on coffee and mountain dew, sleep under your desk, make just enough money to make your rent. Have everyone else think your profession is glamorous and high-paying. While deeply fulfilling, it can leave a serious dent in your social life. These guys are way too bright-eyed. They don't look damaged enough by critiques and they don't have near enough stains on their clothing.

...More like Banana Republic SALE RACK.

Draft like a Champion Today.

Notre Dame Football Rules.

archy04

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> most architects i know are too poor and too creative for head-to-toe banana...

janelle

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> all that matters is that the brunette at the far right is Luca Gadjuf from germany and she is 1000% german All Babe

the earl grey

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> I'm going to start tossing the phrase "pedestrian nonsense" into more conversations.

Shippy

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> polypam, that's just based on the architectural theory of 'existenzminimum.'

And doesn't it allow for so many more dramatic possibilities?

Flashman

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> The real clue that Mike Brady wasn't a real architect was the fact that he built their house and only made one bedroom each for the boys and girls. Huge house like that and they were squeezed into those quarters. No wonder they were all fighting for the attic.

polypam

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> This has to be a tie-in to a new Fox drama. I work with a psychiatrist who looks and dresses like the guy in the photo. Suffice it to say I hate him.

htotheomo

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Not my type, but I'd fuck the one guy in the room.

the fro-hawk stays

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> They actually look cute, except for the clothes.

timtation

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> They play with toy houses in architectural firms? Who knew.

Phineas Poe

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Oh no, I can never be an architect--air conditioning makes me sleepy.

Mike Barthel

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Architects - not man enough to be engineers, not gay enough to be interior designers. So, yeah, BR just played it safe when selecting the target market.

TakeBackWhatYouSaidAboutThor

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Looks like an actual workplace to me, what with the minorities shoved in the back and all.

The black woman's head is cut off for chrissakes.

LittleShirleyBeans

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Has everyone forgotten that Mike Brady really was in the closet?

Greasy Thumb Guzik

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> The woman in the back has some kind of lesion on her cheekbone.

(Nobody at a real architectural firm would)

smartyr

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> ...and he got divorced, most likely because he worked too much and cheated on his wife with someone from the office.

Wait- wasn't this the plot from "Jungle Fever"? So Spike Lee's message was completely wrong?

The movie wasn't an analysis of interracial relationships but of architects' inabilities to not bone their secretaries on their desks after late nights of take-out Chinese? It's that epidemic?

My whole world is shaken.

The Real JR

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Let me just say that "it is all about the details" in the world of architecture.
#1 - Architectural books do not have colorful jackets, and are typically thicker than 1/2". Also there would be no room on that back bookshelf whatsoever. In fact, there should be an overflow on top of that shelf.
#2 - Where are the accessories? These girls all wore neckline shirts just to expose their necks? Highly unlikely.
#3 - What temperature is it in the office that one girl is in a sleeveless silk shirt and another is in a trench coat? All girls agree: offices are generally freezing. ESPECIALLY if the guy is wearing a sport coat.
#4 - Is that a cafeteria table?
#5 - Where's the coffee?
#6 - Is this a sale ad? Don't they know architects can't actually afford Banana Republic?!

karena

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> I've never seen an architect that looks this self-satisfied. Usually they have that look about them that strikes me as:

"I'm really smart, and I'd really like a job where I can express myself, but I don't really have any passion or direction in my life, so my innate defense against disappointment and disaster is to try to control as much as possible in my little corner of the world, so I've decided to become an architect."

Then they get the job and realize they were wrong. They have no control.

inthenearfuture

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> I agree with Frank, homely people should dress nicer than us attractive people.

Weusedtobefriends

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Hmmmm....everyone dresses like this at my architecture firm. Furthermore, everyone works too much, drinks too much, and cheats on their spouses "with someone from the office."

Call it a happy medium, or just a bunch of business casual alcoholics scribbling on cocktail napkins and banging one another.

The only trench coats, however, are those worn while otherwise nekkid.

SlutsorNuts

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Okay, flashman for gold star motel.

poptart

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> BTW, the previous comment was not meant to imply that I am or was an architect. But I did work for Art Vandelay.

Fuzzy_duffel_bag

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Any of the architects in NYC that look like this (and there are a few - I work with scores of architects) are gay.

The straights ones (sadly, and ironically) look a lot more like Mike Brady.

na

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Mister Architect need to put his feet flat on the floor.
When your heels keep floating up towards the ceiling, people start to talk.

C.H. Sanson

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> Actually, this looks a lot like a certain large midtown architechture firm headed by an eccentric but architecturally dull starchitecht where I worked briefly. No models, but basically the same.

Fuzzy_duffel_bag

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> The only way that this image has any connection to the world of architecture is if it's actually looking through the eyes of an architect, arriving at a meeting with five snooty, intimidating and demanding clients, who are expecting to see a masterpiece but all you have is a spidery doodle on a piece of A4, a few vague ideas in your head that you aren't articulate enough to express, and a killer hangover.

Flashman

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> I have a friend who's an architect. He does not look like this, though he does have excellent cheekbones.

Mr. Kim Gordons Panties

]]> <![CDATA[Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads]]> So people in fashion ads look more attractive than people in real life? Thanks for blowing the lid off this one, Gawker.

yourfriendandneighbor

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