The Best Co-Ed Fashion Ad Campaigns of 2023
Economic uncertainty, a fear of risk-taking, and the relatively more affordable and arguably more impactful avenue of digital marketing made 2023 definitely not one of the strongest years for traditional fashion campaigns.
Nonetheless, we still saw some great campaigns as creative directors and their collaborators continued to push forward on what brand identity and fashion image-making mean today, from Maximilian Davis’ gorgeous “new renaissance” at Ferragamo to Prada’s slick and intellectual take on the enduring concept of the language of flowers.
With multiple campaigns each making the Top 10, Bottega Veneta and Burberry are both proving that they made the right choice for their new creative director appointments. Meanwhile, Jil Sander’s securing of two Top 10 campaigns is proof of the consistent excellence of creative director couple Lucie and Luke Meier and their brilliant eye for photographic collaborations.
Here are The Impression’s Top 10 Co-Ed campaigns of 2023 as selected by Chief Impressionist Kenneth Richard.
Balenciaga
Fall 2023
Balenciaga Creative Director | Demna
Bottega Veneta
Fall 2023
Bottega Veneta Creative Director | Matthieu Blazy
Photographer | Malick Bodian, Louise and Maria Thornfeldt, & Sander Muylaert
Videographer | Massimiliano Bomba
Models | Badhiel Lony, Chu Wong, Dara Gueye, Emma Balfour, Flavie Sammartano, Heather Diamond Strongarm, Lara Menzes, Liu Wen, Paola Manes, Silas De Maat, Tim Piglowski, Tommaso Zana, Walid Fiher, Alejandro Albaladejo, Diaz Awar Odhiang, Badhiel Lony, Cecilia Wu, Dara Gueye, Diane Chiu, Emma Balfour, Haroon Sherzad, Heather Diamond Strongarm, Lara Menezes, Mariacarla Boscono, Mary Ukech, Renny Alade, Sanggun Lee, Tessa Bruinsma, Tess Breeden, Tommaso Zana, And Walid Fiher
Hair | Duffy
Makeup | Hiromi Ueda
Casting Directors | Anita Bitton and Finlay Macaulay
Bottega Veneta
Pre-Spring 2024
Bottega Veneta Creative Director | Matthieu Blazy
Models | Badhiel Nyang, Chu Wong, Daisuke Ueda, Emma Balfour, Kris Wardak, Lara Menezes, Noah Ramos, Tess Breeden, Walid Fiher
Casting Director | Anita Bitton
Bottega Veneta
Spring 2023
Bottega Veneta Creative Director | Matthieu Blazy
Director | Massimiliano Bomba
Photographers | Derek Henderson, Paul Graham, Malick Bodian, Sander Muylaert, Louise and Maria Thornfeld, and Gün Solène Şahmaran
Videographer | Gretar Gunnlaugsson
Models | Kate Moss, Chu Wong, Dara Gueye, Mary Ukech, Paola Manes, Sanggun Lee, Yoongmi Sun, Tess Breeden
Stylist | Alastair McKimm
Hair | Duffy
Makeup | Hiromi Ueda
Casting Director | Anita Bitton
Music | Sega Bodega
Location | Milan, Puglia, Australia
Burberry
Fall 2023
Burberry Creative Director | Daniel Lee
Photographer & Director | Tyrone Lebon
Models | Angus Hinnegan, Anugraha Natarajan, Ayrton Maberley Dick, Emma-Rose Higgins, Faye Wei Wei, Iris O’Carroll, Jake Hodder, Jean Campbell, Kesewa Aboah, Kit Butler, Leon Miles, Mawena Takpa, Nicci Luijkx, Paduey Luak, Sora Choi, Tunji Obembe, and Zhuo Chen
Location | Isle of Skye, Scotland, and Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
Burberry
Spring 2023
Burberry Creative Director | Daniel Lee
Photographer | Tyrone Lebon
Film | Tyrone Lebon
Talent | John Glacier, Jun Ji-hyun, Lennon Gallagher, Liberty Ross, Raheem Sterling, Shygirl, Skepta, and Vanessa Redgrave
Original Score | John Glacier
Location | London, England
Ferragamo
Fall 2023
Ferragamo Creative Director | Maximilian Davis
Creative Director | Ferdinando Verderi
Photographer | Tyler Mitchell
Video Director | Tyler Mitchell
Talent | Vittoria Ceretti, Anok Yai, Lina Zhang, Jessica Stam, Mona Tougaard, Paul Hameline, Iván de Pineda, Malick Bodian, Taemin Park, Zainab Jama, Kelela, Yasmina Dexter, and Tyler Mitchell
Artworks featured in collaboration with Florence’s Uffizi Gallery | Alesso Baldovinetti, Annunciation (1457), Giovanni Bellini, Holy Allegory (1490-1500), Paolo Veronese, Annunciation (1570-75), Francesco Granacci, Joseph Going to Prison (1515), Giorgio Vasari, Portrait of Alessandro de Medici (1534), Botticelli, Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder (1475), Botticelli, The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala (1481), Piero della Francesca, Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (1467-1472)
Jil Sander
Fall 2023
Jil Sander Creative Directors | Lucie and Luke Meier
Art Director | Heiko Keinath
Photographer | Chris Rhodes
Videographer | Stephen Kidd
Talent | Jeff Mills – Kiki Willems – Dara Gueye
Stylist | Poppy Kain
Casting Director | Julia Lange Casting
Jil Sander
Spring 2023
Jil Sander Creative Directors | Lucie and Luke Meier
Photographer | Chris Rhodes
Videographer | Gillian Garcia
Art Director | Heiko Keinath
Models | Adwoa Aboah and Jonas Glöer
Stylist | Malina Joseph Gilchrist
Prada
Fall 2023
Prada Creative Directors | Miuccia Prada & Raf Simons
Creative Director | Ferdinando Verderi
Photographer | Willy Vanderperre
Talent | Benedict Cumberbatch, Hunter Schafer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Letitia Wright, and Li Xian
Stylist | Olivier Rizzo
Casting Director | Ashley Brokaw
Music | “Angel” by Massive Attack