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Quiz: Place the Photos

Let’s play a game! Look at the following images and tell me if they’re from:

A) A vacation photo album
B) A magazine spread
C) A catalog
D) A lookbook

I don’t know where they are, but I want to go there. And I’ll take the wardrobe too. What do you think? Are these images from:

A) Someone’s vacation photo album
B) A magazine spread
C) A catalog
D) A lookbook

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It’s not a vacation, sorry. This next photo might help with the answer.

It’s a catalog! Anthropologie “Issue 3” to be exact. For me, leaving product information out of the photos made a world of difference. Instead of just looking at the clothing on the model I looked at the entire frame; the clothing became secondary. I don’t know if I also would have been less drawn to the clothes in a more traditional setting, but I didn’t come away from the catalog fighting urges to immediately run to the nearest Anthropologie, which is what usually happens.

What was your reaction to this? Did the absence of product information affect how you viewed the photos?

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  1. Annie Avatar
    Annie

    I feel like the absence of commercial information (price etc) made the photos more aspirational, like a vision board for an entire lifestyle rather than just the clothes. It made me think not just about how I’d like the clothes, but where I’d wear them, how I’d feel in that environment, what I’d see and do in that world. Helps you actually envision wearing the clothes in the real world (I say real, even if it is in the middle of the rainforest) which make it easier to justify buying them!

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