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What fresh hell is this?

Behold Bud Light Lime Straw-ber-Rita.

Anyone else surprised they didn't call it Straw-beer-Rita. (Pretend I just elbowed you in the ribs.) Get it?

Godspeed

The Messiah Travel is a travel agency in Salem, Massachusetts.

Moo

Soy Mamelle soy milk. Russian agency Kian came up with the brand name and the innovative packaging.

Via The Dieline

Can't help but laugh like a 12-year old boy when I see this company's name

Presenting I AM NOT A VIRGIN jeans

It's not what you think. I AM NOT A VIRGIN creates jeans and T-shirts from mostly recycled materials, including beer bottles.

I love the brand name. It references the non-virgin materials from which the clothing is made, while giving the brand some very appropriate edge. Unfortunately, the name has also caught the attention of Virgin Atlantic's lawyers who want the clothing brand to abandon its current name — or else.

Learn more at Cool Hunting.

Click here to see Gisele Bundchen in ads for Versace jeans.

Joël Penkman paints brand names

Click here to see more of Joël Penkman's work.

Those are bees living in a lion's corpse on the Lyle's Golden Syrup logo. If you don't believe me, click here for the whole story.

 

Look to Madison Avenue for your Halloween costume inspiration

Here's some Halloween costume inspiration for you.

All are DIY costumes.

And, of course, all celebrate brand names.

Click here to find the easy DIY instructions for making these M&M costumes:

Click here for directions on how to make your own Bugles snack costume:

The making of the next three are self-explanatory.

Kool-Aid Man:

Sriracha bottle costume:

Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World:

Unfortunately, I couldn't find directions for making the following costumes, so you're on your own.

Cigarette brand Halloween costumes:

Sun-Maid raisin costume:

No, no, no, no, no!

And, my personal favorite, the Jelly Belly Halloween costume:

Click here to see an awesome Hamburger Helper Hand costume.

"Every time I go to bed with some guy, I'm looking at my dad's name on their underwear."

— Marci Klein, daughter of Calvin Klein

Click here to see a couple of racy billboards promoting Calvin Klein jeans.

Via Daily Mail

Proof that rules are made to be broken

Uncle Jesse's Nuts.

You'd think a food brand name that's reminiscent of testicles would be a turn-off.

Yet, there it is.

Click here to see another equally curious brand of nuts.

Via Buzzfeed

If candy bar names were more descriptive

Via Buzzfeed

Brand names as art: paintings by Jessica Rohrer

 

 

Click here to see more of Jessica Rohrer's work. Or see it in person at the P.P.O.W. Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, until July 23

Is it me or does 'Vitality' sound like a gum for old people?

Bizzarro Funeral Home

It's real.

Click here to visit the Bizzarro Funeral Home's website.