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The critique raises important questions about the commercialization of childhood and the societal obsession with brand loyalty from a very young age. The mention of Blue Ivy and her Gucci campaign exemplifies how luxury brands leverage childhood as a prime marketing stage, often blurring the lines between innocence and consumerism.
Furthermore, the critique suggests that the ad campaign’s attempt to elevate Gap by associating it with a “lifetime brand” is somewhat superficial when juxtaposed with the high-stakes world of luxury branding, which continuously invests in cultivating lifelong consumers from the earliest developmental stages.