The Lasting Genius of Dove's 'Real Beauty,' and the Formal Daring of Jeep's 'Portraits'

LIA judge Malcolm Poynton on his 3 favorite ads, and Cheil's recent hits

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LAS VEGAS—Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty” is one of those legendary campaigns that changed everything, not just for the Unilever brand but for the category and, indeed, the industry as a whole—helping to usher in an era when brands could be more honest about the artifice of messaging, and become more real and relevant to consumers.

Malcolm Poynton, now global chief creative officer at Cheil Worldwide, was one of the key architects of the original “Real Beauty” work, a dozen years ago at Ogilvy London.

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