Banana Republic Summer 2024 with Taylor Hill and Marlon Teixeira in Mérida, Mexico

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Banana Republic Summer 2024 with Taylor Hill and Marlon Teixeira in Mérida, Mexico

Taylor Hill takes the spotlight in Banana Republic’s Summer 2024 ad campaign. Hill, who married Daniel Fryer in 2023, poses with Ibby Sow, Marlon Teixeira and Melodie Vaxelaire for the fashion shoot in Mérida, Mexico.

Photographer Josh Olins [IG] is behind the lens.

Banana Republic CEO Search

Banana Republic CEO Sandra Stangl was relieved of her position late last week, by Richard Dickson, Gap Inc. president and CEO. Stangl arrived at Banana Republic with a strong background in home retail at both Restoration Hardware, now RH, and Williams Sonoma.

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Banana Republic Winter 2023/24 Campaign Taps Josh Olins

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Banana Republic Winter 2023/24 Campaign Taps Josh Olins

Banana Republic [IG] gathers models Mayowa Nicholas, Roberto Sipos, and Suvi Riggs Koponen for their winter 2023 campaign.

Shot in Norway by Josh Olins [IG] with creative direction by Remi Paringaux and Ryan Spacey, the campaign acknowledges — not only the majesty of nature — but indirectly, its fragility.

Banana Republic is introducing new cashmere items connected to this campaign, including this Caro Lightweight Cashmere Cardigan [website] in 12 colors.

Refusing to promote cashmere without clarity on its sourcing standards as verified by outside agencies, Anne of Carversville notes that Banana Republic cashmere is part of an initiative called The Good Cashmere Standard (GCS).

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Banana Republic's Spring 2023 Campaign by Richard Phibbs Lands In Taos

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Banana Republic's Spring 2023 Campaign by Richard Phibbs Lands In Taos

Banana Republic’s Spring 2023 March campaign drop takes us to Taos, New Mexico, with photographer Richard Phibbs [IG] bringing his deep understanding of humanity, nature and ancestral roots to the campaign.

A currently incomplete model list includes Ella Eckerson, Louise de Chevigny, and Maria Borges. We will fill out the rest over the weekend, with other pieces of this Banana Republic Spring 2023 campaign.

Personally, I feel that Banana Republic is back on the right track, and I don’t want them to mess up. And a part of me was wondering how Phibbs could go to Taos and not have adobe buildings or any shots connected to Georgia O’Keeffe in the imagery. How about an indigenous model or two?

The photographer did all of the above in the Banana Republic Spring 2023 campaign. But it’s a compliment to Richard Phibbs that I refused to believe that this sequence of images constituted the campaign.

They’re lovely but also a very incomplete story for him. Not for 80-90% of the photographers I can name, but not Phibbs. What matters to me also matters to him. ~ Anne

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Banana Republic Holiday 2022 by Richard Phibbs Connects Humans in United Experience

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Banana Republic Holiday 2022 by Richard Phibbs Connects Humans in United Experience

The Banana Republic Holiday 2022 Campaign is terrific, as are the images by Richard Phibbs [IG]. I see the Polo vibe here, but it feels like sound ground Banana is standing on.

Note that as recently as August 2022, Fast Company was asking if Banana Republic will ultimately be forced to change its name. This question comes within a larger America’s public school’s movement whereby students, parents and some civic leaders argue they shouldn’t have to go to a school named after presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

AOC does not support the eradication of all references to America’s past, because our past is very complicated. Our role is to move forward.

The cast of the Banana Republic campaign includes Cherokee Jack, Chinchin Hsu, Louise de Chevigny, Nya Gatbel and Ryan Porter and the campaign was shot in Iceland.

Many in the cast have worked on other Banana Republic campaigns this year.

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