Through the Magpie Eye: Old Stussy Adverts

27.06.2019

Stüssy advert from 1988: a giant dinosaur sculpture in black and white, with the Stüssy script and the words Big and Meaty

We’re in the midst of ‘silly season’ at the minute, so whilst we wait for all that new Autumn stuff to arrive, here’s some old Stüssy adverts harvested from the archives.

The black and white adverts taken from the exemplary Skately site (which is a bit of a treasure trove for visual treats), whilst the colour ones are from some old issues of Grand Royal.

Stüssy International Posse advert from 1988: three people by a curved concrete wall, one in sunglasses, city towers behind

Stüssy advert from 1987: someone with spiky locs and sunglasses in tall grass, reading Stüssy Shades for Jah Irie Feeling

Stüssy advert from 1988: two people in dark jackets walk across a wet beach at low tide, a third figure on the rocks behind

Stüssy advert from 1986: someone in a suit and tie with spiked-up hair and a speech bubble reading Made inna Collyfornia

Stüssy advert from 1986: someone grinning in a dark jumper and shorts with a bottle in each hand, and the words Skate Tough

Stüssy Stand Firm advert from 1988: a bald, shirtless person smiling and flexing both arms under the Stüssy script

Stüssy advert from 1987, Stuyork Crew Chillin' Soho NYC: five people in hats and jackets posed in a graffitied doorway

Stüssy advert from 1987: someone in a tweed jacket and tie leaping, skateboard in hand, with Jump Back inna Stylee Mode

Stüssy advert from 1988: someone in a bandana, sunglasses and check flannel shirt, hand on chest, with What is, is

Stüssy advert from 1986: a helmeted rider on a small rounded vehicle, with a speech bubble reading Get down witchyo bad self

Stüssy Outdoor advert: someone with curly hair in an olive fleece over a beige shirt, snowy mountains and pines behind

Stüssy advert of four portraits: a blue patterned shirt, a navy and cream jacket by a lake, a striped top and a camo jacket

Stüssy advert: close-up of someone with long blonde hair blowing across a freckled face, in a striped vest top

Stüssy advert: two people on a bridge walkway, one in a colour-block Stüssy top, a steel suspension bridge tower behind

Stüssy advert: someone in a red shirt jacket over a brown polo, hand on hip, leaning on a pine tree by a lake

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