Shiseido relaunches

What better venue to make a grand re-entrance than Fashion Week? Shiseido’s pop-up experience drove huge engagement, reintroducing the brand in style.

Over the years, DCLA has truly mastered the art of the temporary curated experience. Grounded in the collection’s textural cornerstones, our pop-up for Shiseido was immersive and multi-sensorial, with guests walking through rooms inspired by the collection’s four textures (gel, dew, powder, and ink) to explore the new range. Additionally, the pop-up featured a photo exhibit by director and photographer Mike Rosenthal as well as a reserved-seating Japanese tasting menu inspired by the textures. 

The weekend attracted over 1,500 guests across four days (almost doubling the program’s KPI) and earned over 227M total media impressions and 31M+ total social impressions.

Talking community at SXSW

DCX’s Amy Cotteleer and Mara McCune from e.l.f. discussed the development of the cosmetic company’s lauded micro-influencer program, Beautyscape.

Their SXSW panel “Enthusiasm vs. Influence: The Power of Community” stressed that the true success of the program was its genuine commitment to the Beautyscape community over the long haul, or as Amy said: “It’s not just an influencer strategy. It’s about more than likes. It’s how do we help set trends and be on trend? We are creating a community and building each other up. We are a brand that is open and we are democratizing beauty by making it accessible.” 

For those interested in learning more, Marketing Dive did a wonderful piece that you can read here.

Austin: SXSW-slash-Disneyland 2009

“Disneyland for music fans,” I call it, which is why I’ve been faithfully attending South-by-Southwest since 2005. Mostly I’m a fan of rap, hip-hop, DJs, electro-pop and punk. And there’s lots of it at SXSW — along with just about everything else, from indie rock to classic rock to folk, soul, metal, country and more.

 
Day 1

Husband Serg and I beeline to downtown, where the action happens. Thanks to our suitemate, Thuggy Fresh, we get into the VIP area of IODA’s party at Emo’s Annex, where we’re greeted with tall cans of ice cold Lone Star. Welcome to Austin!

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