Parissa Wax Strips: Backvertising

Parissa Wax Strips: Backvertising
Average: 6 (39 votes)

Rethink Communications recently launched an innovative new form of media: backvertising. Waxed out of a man's excessively hairy back were the words Parissa Wax Strips. The man paraded at a busy beach passing out free samples. Beach-goers laughed, received product demonstrations and lined-up to take photos. The stunt was covered extensively on radio and online media.

Advertising Agency: Rethink Communications
Creative Directors: Chris Staples, Ian Grais
Art Director: David de Haas
Copywriter: Katie Ainsworth
Photographer: Yusong Zhang
Production: Jim Leith, Ann Rubenstein, Chris Nielson
Make-up: Pearl Louie
Released: July 2009

16 comments

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Guest

outch !

Guest's picture
Guest

done so many times...

Dev Kumar's picture
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Dev Kumar

Brilliant...

CurryJ's picture
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CurryJ

Like the first comment states....ouch!!!!

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alexander_bickov's picture
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alexander_bickov

asks more graphical elements :D

mpared's picture
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mpared

i love it

tirthomitro's picture
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tirthomitro

KEWL!!

they showed me a picture & i laughed
dignity has never been photographed

Guest's picture
Guest

gross. first level

CGilb09's picture
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CGilb09

Pretty gross, but definitely eye catching. If you ask me, it shouldn't really take any persuasion for men to wax their hairy backs. How do they expect to get laid looking like a woolly mammoth?

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Flurb's picture
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Flurb

How? I'm guessing woolly mammoth style. That's how.

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proverbialthought

Hair looks really fake. It's too thick compared to the rest of his back hair.

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Guest

not so new...

gon_enelcamino's picture
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gon_enelcamino

love the idea! I really love non expensive ads

Nevermind's picture
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Nevermind

ok. any1 knows the girl posing with the guy?

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Guest

obvious award ad. old joke. not funny. not clever.

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puppiepoppy

Yeah, the beach really looked BUSY! I guess by now, there has been the 5th people seeing it.