Gillette Venus has collaborated with ‘Animal Crossing’ on a brand new ”skinclusive” line.
The model is launching the Summer Skinclusive Line by Venus within the standard online game and has partnered with digital designer Nicole Cuddihy, to create new avatar designs, as a part of its ‘My Skin My Way’ marketing campaign.
Players can add pimples, vitiligo, freckles, cellulite, psoriasis, arm hair, tattoos, scars, burns, stretch marks, mastectomies, pigmentation, prosthesis, eczema, nevi, rosacea and wrinkles, amongst a bunch of different options, to their characters.
They can even select from numerous physique sorts and pores and skin tones.
Anthony van Dijk, Senior Brand Director of Venus North America mentioned: ”In a world the place there are such a lot of specific and implicit guidelines on how girls ought to present or really feel about their pores and skin, skin-inclusivity and constructive illustration issues. The function of our ‘My Skin My Way’ marketing campaign is to make sure that we’re placing out accountable imagery that represents actuality and celebrates all forms of pores and skin, whereas additionally spotlighting the various pores and skin tales of ladies all world wide.
”With ‘Animal Crossing’, we noticed a novel alternative to fulfill girls the place they’re this summer season by offering new methods to make gaming a extra inclusive house, whereas additionally enabling them to collect nearly, safely on a seaside to have fun summer season and pores and skin inclusivity.”
Cuddihy added: ”While momentum for variety in design is constructing, there are numerous areas the place progress feels gradual. The undeniable fact that I may add scars and wrinkles to warriors or outlaws, however not characters in much less combat-driven video games felt discouraging. With these designs, I hope that each one girls in ‘Animal Crossing’ can discover consolation and illustration on this fastidiously developed assortment. I drew inspiration from these in my very own life to make sure the designs I used to be creating precisely represented their pores and skin tales in a means that feels actual, celebratory and exquisite.”
