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GAP Ads: Classics Refined

Here are all of the ads for GAP’s “Classics Redefined” ad campaign. ENJOY!

Pictured (left to right): John Mayer (Musician), Lucy Liu (Actor), Liev Schreiber (Actor), Sarah Silverman (Comedian and Aspiring Supermodel), Forest Whitaker (Storyteller and Actor), Selma Blair (Actor), Ken Watanabe (Actor and Producer), Regina King (Actor), Davis Guggenheim (Director and Producer), Twyla Tharp (Choreographer and Director), Puffy AmiYumi (Rock Stars) and Marcel Wanders (Designer).

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New GAP Ads - “Classics Redefined”

GAP is launching their new ad campaign called “Classics Redefined,” as photographed by Annie Leibovitz. The 12 black-and-white portraits will run in the September issues of national magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Lucky, Interview, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and GQ.

Musician John Mayer, wearing a $39.50 sweater vest, actor Ken Watanabe wearing a tailored white shirt ($39.50), and actress Selma Blair wearing the “deep V” sweater ($44.50).

Other celebs in the new GAP ads: Forest Whitaker, Lucy Liu, Liev Schreiber, Regina King, Davis Guggenheim, Twyla Tharp, Marcel Wanders and Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi.

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New York Times Portraits

Check out these great portraits from the New York Times, their “photographic portfolio of the actors and actresses who defined excellence in the past year.” Celebrities featured include:

  • Christian Bale, The Prestige
  • Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
  • Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
  • Ken Watanabe, Letters form Iwo Jima
  • Cate Blanchett, Babel & Notes on a Scandal
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed & Blood Diamond
  • Brad Pitt, Babel
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
  • Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
  • Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
  • Annette Benning, Running with Scissors
  • Vin Diesel, Find Me Guilty
  • Eddie Murphy, Norbit
  • Ivana Baquero, Pan’s Labyrinth
  • Maggie Cheung, Clean
  • Peter O’Toole, Venus
  • Helen Mirren, The Queen
  • Abbie Cornish, Somersault
  • Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
  • Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
  • Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine
  • Penelope Cruz, Volver

You can check out the rest of the New York Times portraits here.

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