“One among a kind-ness” has Barbour’s Re-Cherished initiative at its coronary heart, which permits clients who now not have a use for his or her Barbour wax jacket at hand it again in return for a voucher.
The 90-second spot takes inspiration from the unique Peggy Fortnum illustrations discovered within the Paddington books by Michael Bond, with each body of the animation hand drawn and painted.
It opens with a festive scene on the streets of London, the place Paddington is carrying his presents.
A bunch of carol singers knock on the door of Paddington’s grumpy neighbour, Mr Curry, who fails to reply the door in time. The carol singers transfer on simply as Mr Curry opens the door.
After Paddington witnesses Mr Curry’s disappointment, he decides to purchase his neighbour a gift to point out that he’s pondering of him.
He goes to Portobello Market with Mrs Brown and her daughter, Judy, and regardless that Paddington spots a few of his favorite jars of marmalade, Mrs Brown suggests they need to select one thing rather less predictable.
Paddington lastly decides to get considered one of Barbour’s Re-Cherished jackets as a result of they’re considered one of a form and “there’s no-one fairly like Mr Curry”.
The movie was created by director trio Againstallodds and produced by Ardour Photos.
“We’re delighted to characteristic Paddington in our Christmas movie,” Paul Wilkinson, group advertising director and managing director, USA, Barbour, stated.
“Extending the lifetime of our clothes has been on the coronary heart of our model for over 100 years and thru Barbour Re-Cherished, a key focus of our Wax for Life initiative, we’ve got been in a position to show in a humorous and mawkish method, the significance of upcycling and the way a lot a considerate and distinctive current can imply significantly at Christmas time.”
Rachel Clarke, senior vice-president UK, licensing and retail at The Copyrights Group, stated: “Copyrights are completely delighted to be partnering with Barbour for a second Christmas marketing campaign with Paddington filled with kindness, humour and enjoyable, similar to the bear himself.”
As a part of this yr’s marketing campaign Barbour will launch a limited-edition Barbour x Paddington Re-Cherished jacket, obtainable from the first of December!
