Fifty years ago, innovation in shaving ads for men was pure sexual innuendo. “Take it off. Take it all off,” cooed Swedish model Gunilla Knutson in a mid-1960s Noxzema spot that featured a guy shaving ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, advertising men are becoming more sincere than usual these days. No longer content to emulate merely the mood of a competitor’s ad, some have turned to ...