Diesel invites you to customize your denim with 'memories' of your 2020 canceled events

Fall campaign acknowledges that this year has been one big wash

Published On
Sep 23, 2020

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Diesel's Fall campaign doesn't beat around the bush—it acknowledges that 2020 has been one long round of cancellations.

The work, from Publicis Italy, invites people to customize the leather tags on their denim with memories of all the things they didn't get to do this year. The service will be available via a portal on Diesel.com as well as in selected stores worldwide.

So why would people want to celebrate events that didn't happen? The idea, says Diesel, is to commemorate "the memory-making moments that ensued in the absence of those plans."

It's being promoted with a spot, seen here, illustrating all the exciting things you might have missed, such as a surf camp in Bali or a music festival. Meanwhile, there will be online and social content illustrating real-life anecdotes in video clips directed by Pantera via Anonymous Content.

Diesel will follow the stories of influencers like Evan Mock, a skateboarder and model, who chose to enter isolation in Mallorca, Spain, and Julia Fox, an Italian-American actress, who unexpectedly found love during lockdown. 

Diesel is also partnering with a canceled event, the Untold Music Festival, to create a series of limited-edition denim trousers called the 2020 Fallen Edition.

The fashion retailer is not the only brand capitalizing on big fetes and confabs that didn't happen; this week we also saw a campaign from Romanian chocolate brand ROM by McCann that offers to "sponsor" canceled events in order to promote a new spin-off candy bar. 

Credits

Date
Sep 23, 2020
Client :
Diesel
Agency :
Publicis-Italy
Global CCO Publicis WW :
Bruno Bertelli
CCO Publicis Italy :
Cristiana Boccassini
Global Execu&ve Crea&ve Director :
Mihnea Gheorghiu
Global Creative Director :
Eoin Sherry
Head of Art :
Costanza Rossi
Associate Creative Director/ Art Director :
Arthur Amorim
Associate Creative Director/ Copywriter :
Dan Arango
Art Director :
Daniele Tesi
Copywriter :
Nicolò Santovincenzo
Designer/Art Director :
Luca Villa
Strategic Planner :
Monica Radulescu
Group Account Director :
Ilaria Castiglioni
Account Supervisor :
Gonzalo Gutierrez
Head of TV Production :
Francesca Zazzera
TV Producer :
Erica Lora Lamia
TV Producer :
Beatrice Pepe
Art Buyer :
Caterina Collesano
Art Buyer :
Marcella Garutti​
Social Media Manager :
Saraluna Goodloe
Head of Social Client Services and Strategy :
Alessandro Bochicchio
Director :
Pantera
Director of Photography :
Jake Hunter
Production Company :
Somesuch
Production Company :
Anonymous Content
Exec Producer :
Tor Fitzwilliams
Producer :
James Greenall
Music :
Sizzer - original composi&on with Jackie T & the Jetpacks
Music Supervision :
Michael Bertoldini
Photographer :
JP Bonino
Post Production :
Numérique
Photographer :
Wookiee Studio
Post Production :
Zum Studio
Scenography :
Micol Di Palma
Photographer Agent :
Carla Pozzi

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