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TOMMY HILFIGER ANNOUNCES ITS SPRING <strong>2010</strong><br />
HILFIGER DENIM GLOBAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN<br />
Featuring Matt & Kim – Brooklyn’s Hottest Up-and-Coming Indie Pop Band<br />
NEW YORK, NY AND AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (January, <strong>2010</strong>) – <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong><br />
is pleased to announce its <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2010</strong> global advertising campaign for <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong>. The exciting new<br />
campaign is an evolution of the global advertising direction, which debuted in <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2009</strong>, featuring young<br />
American rock bands, such as The Virgins and The Films. Directed by <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong>’s in-house creative<br />
team, the campaign was shot by acclaimed photographer Todd Cole, who effortlessly captures the young<br />
American spirit that remains ever fun and playful.<br />
“The <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> campaign encapsulates the brand’s strong music heritage that unites<br />
fashion with an authentic rock-n-roll lifestyle,” said <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong>. “As an indie pop band from New York,<br />
Matt & Kim were the perfect band to collaborate with this season. Their vibrant stage presence was a<br />
valuable contribution to the campaign’s electric music festival atmosphere.”<br />
With music forming the core of the brand’s DNA, this season’s <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> campaign features Matt<br />
Johnson and Kim Schifino, from the MTV award winning, Brooklyn-based indie pop band, Matt & Kim. The<br />
captivating duo take to the stage at an outdoor rock concert, and give an energy-filled performance,<br />
complete with stage diving and crowd surfing. Shot at Hollywood Park, a festival location in Los Angeles,<br />
California, the campaign epitomizes the powerful essence of an outdoor rock concert, through the band<br />
and crowd, and offers an exhilarating backdrop of clear blue Californian skies.<br />
“We are thrilled to star in <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong>’s latest advertising campaign,” said Matt Johnson. “Music is a lifelong<br />
passion of ours and we are honored to share this with <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong>. Their young and edgy styles and<br />
brand DNA are a perfect match for us, and we commend <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> for being one of the first<br />
designers to mix music with fashion.”<br />
The <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> collection contains three fashion groups, including: Discovery One,<br />
West Side and Soul Rider, while also introducing the Blue collection. The <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> collection is<br />
inspired by America in the 1960s; a decade that introduced a new age of American life that saw social<br />
change merge with creative renaissance and the progressive views of the next generation. The collection<br />
contains highlights from the decade, including the rise and fall of the hippie movement and the space age<br />
dream that influenced everything from film to fashion. This season translates the optimism and strength as<br />
seen in the peace movements, civil rights actions, feminism, film, music and art of the era, into the cool<br />
styles of <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> collection will also be available on www.hilfigerdenim.com, which launched<br />
earlier this year. Celebrating the long association between <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> and the music world,<br />
hilfigerdenim.com brings together the distinctive fashion of <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> and the sounds of cutting-edge<br />
artists and emerging talent. The newly launched website allows customers to view the cutting-edge <strong>Hilfiger</strong><br />
<strong>Denim</strong> styles while enjoying the music that inspired the designs.<br />
The global <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> advertising campaign supports the brand’s strong musical background, as<br />
illustrated most recently through <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> Live. This new music initiative launched earlier this year on<br />
April 11 in Amsterdam, followed by a second edition on October 22 in Berlin. Two <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> Live<br />
events are planned to take place in Europe in <strong>2010</strong>; the first event will be headlined by Matt & Kim. The<br />
<strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> advertising campaign will break in key trade publications in January <strong>2010</strong>. The core campaign<br />
will also follow as of March in key fashion and lifestyle publications as double-page spreads.
Notes to Editors:<br />
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About The <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> Group<br />
With a premium lifestyle brand portfolio that includes <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> and <strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong>, The <strong>Tommy</strong><br />
<strong>Hilfiger</strong> Group of Companies is one of the world’s most recognized designer apparel groups. The Group’s<br />
focus is designing and marketing high-quality menswear, womenswear, children’s apparel and denim<br />
collections. Through select licensees, the Group offers complementary lifestyle products such as<br />
accessories, fragrances and home furnishings. <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong> Group merchandise is available to consumers<br />
worldwide through an extensive network of dedicated retail stores, leading specialty and department stores<br />
and other carefully controlled distribution channels. For additional information about the <strong>Tommy</strong> <strong>Hilfiger</strong><br />
Group of Companies, please visit www.tommy.com.<br />
Matt & Kim<br />
Matt and Kim are an indie pop duo residing in Brooklyn, New York. The group formed in 2004 and they<br />
started playing local warehouse shows in Brooklyn. Their simple dance style rhythms and energetic<br />
performances have gained them a substantial local following, and a formidable online presence through<br />
social networking and media sites. The group released their first full-length self-titles CD in October 2006,<br />
followed by their second album, Grand, which released on January 20, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
In 2007, Matt & Kim performed at the Siren Music Festival in Brooklyn’s Coney Island and at Chicago’s<br />
Lollapalooza, while also appearing on MTV2 as program hosts. More recently they have performed at the<br />
Pitchfork Music Festival, Outside Lands <strong>2009</strong>, and at the 25 th annual San Diego Street Scene. Their song<br />
‘Daylight’ has featured in a Bacardi commercial as well as in the second episode of the NBC comedy,<br />
Community, while ‘Cinders’ featured in episode two of the HBO series 24/7. In September, they won the<br />
Breakthrough Video award for their video ‘Lessons Learned’ at the <strong>2009</strong> MTV Video Music Awards. Their<br />
energy-filled performance also set the tone for the mtvU Woodie Awards show, which airs on December<br />
4, <strong>2009</strong> on MTV, MTV2, and mtvU.<br />
<strong>Hilfiger</strong> <strong>Denim</strong> <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2010</strong> Global Advertising <strong>Campaign</strong> Shoot<br />
Location: Hollywood Park<br />
1050 South Prairie Ave<br />
Inglewood, CA 90301<br />
Shoot: October 22 and 23, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Photographer: Todd Cole<br />
Talent: Matt & Kim<br />
Stylist: Mane Duplan<br />
Hair Stylist: John Ruggiero<br />
Make-Up: Darlene Jacobs