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Iconic figure claim

Cuticura Soap -1893D

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The pattern

This still is filed under Iconic figure claim.

Define

A single figure, drawn, silhouetted, or posed, is the whole claim. You can read it across a street.

Mechanism

Compression into a body. The figure is not decoration. It is the sentence. Distance-legibility is the test.

Verdict

Poster scale, outdoor, packaging at a glance

Read the pattern

Why it works

The curiosity headline 'The Secret of Beauty' draws the reader in, and the copy immediately delivers the answer (Cuticura Soap), followed by a list of everything it prevents.

Steal this when

When you have a simple product that solves a complex set of problems, frame it as a 'secret'.

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