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Robert H. Levenson, a Visionary Adman, Dies at 83

Robert H. Levenson, a Visionary Adman, Dies at 83 | A Cultural History of Advertising | Scoop.it
Mr. Levenson was an advertising executive who helped produce some of the mid-20th century’s most memorable campaigns for clients like Volkswagen, El Al and Sara Lee.

"Everybody doesn’t like something/ But nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee,”

It makes your house look bigger”

"“When he was asked how he wrote the copy for all those Volkswagen ads,” Mr. Imseng recalled on Thursday, “he said: ‘I always started by writing Dear Charlie, like writing to a friend. And then I would say what I had to say, and at the end I would cross out Dear Charlie, and I was all right.’ ”

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The sweet smell of celebs - smell of money that is- Telegraph

The sweet smell of celebs -  smell of money that is- Telegraph | A Cultural History of Advertising | Scoop.it
Have Hollywood celebrities - from Brad Pitt to Britney Spears - taken over the perfume industry?
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"A woman who doesn’t wear perfume,” goes the saying by fashion designer Coco Chanel, “has no future.”

 

oh well..no future for me then!

 

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