Reese     |     Career     |     Gallery     |     Media     |     Fun     |     Web/Site     |     Main
March 30, 2017   •  Category: Career, Elizabeth Arden, News & Gossip0 Comments

Elizabeth Arden Signs Reese Witherspoon As Storyteller-in-Chief

Elizabeth Arden announced today that it has signed entrepreneur and critically acclaimed, Academy Award winning actress Reese Witherspoon as the brand’s Storyteller-in-Chief. In this multi-faceted role, Reese will help to shape the brand’s narrative, through its advertising campaigns and marketing programs, with a strong focus on Elizabeth Arden’s digital strategy and engagement.

In researching visionary women throughout history, Reese learned of the life and achievements of Elizabeth Arden’s eponymous founder, who revolutionized the beauty industry at the turn of the 20th century as a self-made entrepreneur. Founding her company in New York in 1910, before women could even vote, Elizabeth Arden has a legacy of breaking boundaries. Reese, an entrepreneur in her own right as founder of Hello Sunshine, her content production company, and the Southern lifestyle and fashion brand, Draper James, was inspired to forge a partnership with such a likeminded company.

“We are thrilled to be working with Reese. In addition to her accomplishments as an actress, she is a successful entrepreneur—heading her own production, fashion and digital companies,” said JuE Wong, President, Elizabeth Arden Brand. “Reese exemplifies the ideals of our founder and continues to break boundaries every day. Like Elizabeth Arden before her, Reese does not accept the standard, she sets it, making her the perfect person to represent the brand and engage with our consumers globally.”

“One of the first things that drew me to the brand was its rich heritage and history of supporting women,” shared Reese Witherspoon. “As one of the first female entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Arden paved the way for women like me. It’s an honor to carry on her legacy and be part of such an iconic company that is committed to serving women.” Reese added, “I’m excited to work as a creative partner alongside the Elizabeth Arden team, producing content that celebrates the spirit of the brand, highlighting female-centric stories that illustrate women’s true life experiences which unite us all.”

Elizabeth Arden’s entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to innovation remain at the heart of the company to this day. To bring her spirit to the forefront, the brand recently revamped its digital voice to channel its trailblazing founder through the eyes of ‘Liz Arden’, a present-day fictional character, who provides a first person lens into the brand today. Reese, who embodies many of Elizabeth Arden’s values and characteristics, is a natural fit to continue this narrative and curate the brand’s digital presence and communications.

“Reese is truly ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding the lifestyle of her consumer,” continued JuE Wong. “Her authenticity, which resonates worldwide, combined with her business acumen, digital prowess and social media footprint, provide a unique opportunity to further develop the ‘Liz Arden’ persona, connect with women, and inspire them to ‘go out and mark their mark.'”

Together, Reese and the brand will leverage their respective platforms to share untold stories behind both women’s boundary-breaking careers, and hope to encourage a new generation to continue to open doors for those who come behind them. Reese will also appear in multimedia campaigns across all media types, including digital, in-store and social media. Her first beauty visual will debut both in print and digital in May, with her campaign continuing to rollout globally throughout 2017.

For additional information on Elizabeth Arden and to view behind-the-scenes content in the coming months from Reese’s campaigns, visit www.ElizabethArden.com and follow @ElizabethArden and #ARDENXREESE on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

About Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden is a global prestige beauty products company with an extensive portfolio of prestige beauty brands sold in over 120 countries. The Company’s brand portfolio includes Elizabeth Arden skincare, color and fragrance products and its professional line, Elizabeth Arden PRO.

(PR News Wire)

Why Elizabeth Arden Picked Reese Witherspoon to Be the Brand’s New ‘Storyteller in Chief’

Though she died in 1966, cosmetics pioneer Elizabeth Arden and the eponymous brand she created before women even had the right to vote have been in the spotlight in recent months thanks to War Paint, a musical about the parallel career tracks of Arden and Helena Rubinstein, who together built the modern beauty industry. Perhaps not surprisingly, it really wasn’t until the show opened on Broadway last summer that the public learned just how remarkable both women were—especially Arden, one of five children born to a farm family in Ontario, Canada, who learned about skin creams while working as a nurse. By 1908, Arden was working as a beautician’s assistant in New York and, two years later, opened her first store on Fifth Avenue. Arden was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement, pioneered the in-store makeover and created a company that Revlon acquired last year for a reported $419 million.

A beauty brand could hardly hope for a better founder than that. And while there’s no getting Arden back, the brand has found someone who exemplifies her glamour and achievement. Last week, Arden announced that Reese Witherspoon would be the new face of the brand and its “storyteller in chief.”

While Witherspoon is a good fit for obvious reasons—the Oscar-winning actress has appeared in hits like Legally Blond and Walk the Line and has 9.1 million followers on Instagram—she’s also an entrepreneur who, like Arden herself, is a pioneer in a male-dominated realm. That lesser-known part of the actress’s life was what cinched the deal for the company.

“It was very important to us as a brand to find somebody who would truly embody the story of the brand,” explained Kara Langan, Elizabeth Arden’s svp of global marketing. “We believe in our heritage and who Elizabeth Arden was as a person, and despite the fact that she started her company over 100 years ago, the way she thought about women and beauty is relevant and contemporary. A lot of women don’t know that story anymore. We wanted someone who could embody that heritage of the brand”

“Of course, Reese is gorgeous,” Langan continued, “She has flawless skin, which is amazing for a brand founded in skin care—but as a person, the way she talks about wanting to empower women [and] to tell stories about strong and fascinating women—[that] goes along with who Elizabeth Arden was as a person and therefore who we are.”

Though she’s only 41, Witherspoon already has two Oscars on her mantelpiece, and was named as one of People magazine’s most beautiful women of 2016. But away from the red carpet (and the public spotlight), Witherspoon has fashioned a second career as a tastemaker and cultural messenger.

Five years ago, using her own funds, Witherspoon co-founded production company Pacific Standard, which released David Fincher’s Gone Girl and Wild, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. In 2013, Witherspoon founded Draper James, a southern-influenced clothing brand named after Witherspoon’s grandparents and based on the “grace and charm that I was raised with growing up in Nashville, Tenn.,” as Witherspoon described it. (The brand sells its casual but upmarket fashions online and in stores in Nashville and Dallas.)

These ventures would be enough to keep someone with Witherspoon’s career busy, but last year, after parting ways with business partner Bruna Papandrea, Witherspoon folded Pacific Standard into a new venture called Hello Sunshine, a multimedia production company devoted to telling women’s stories.

And as Elizabeth Arden’s storyteller in chief, Witherspoon will be entrusted to tell the brand’s story, too. “[We’re] looking for her to be part of [our] creative content, particularly in social media,” Langan said, adding that the brand will “brief” the actress in the messaging it would like to get across “but then really allow her to craft how that message is put out there so that it really comes from her perspective.”

Langan added that down the road, Elizabeth Arden’s partnership may even expand to include Hello Sunshine as well. More immediately, however, ads featuring Witherspoon will appear in May in glossies including Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and Vanity Fair. Witherspoon will also be taking to social media with messages of beauty, empowerment and presumably a few history lessons on Elizabeth Arden, the person behind the brand.

For her part, Witherspoon appears to view the new partnership as more than just another endorsement check. “One of the first things that drew me to the brand was its rich heritage and history of supporting women,” the actress said in a prepared statement. “As one of the first female entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Arden paved the way for women like me.”

(Ad Week)

Reese Witherspoon
Our New Storyteller-In-Chief

“As one of the first female entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Arden paved the way for women like me. It’s an honor to carry on her legacy and be part of such an iconic company that is committed to serving women.”
–Reese Witherspoon

About Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon has made her mark—both in and out of Hollywood—as a critically acclaimed Academy Award winning actress and entrepreneur. As the founder of her own content production company, as well as her lifestyle and fashion brand, she was inspired to forge a partnership with such a likeminded company. Like Elizabeth Arden before her, Reese does not accept the standard—she sets it.

“I’m excited to work as a creative partner alongside the Elizabeth Arden team, producing content that celebrates the spirit of the brand, highlighting female-centric stories that illustrate women’s true life experiences which unite us all.”
–Reese Witherspoon

Elizabeth Arden & Reese Witherspoon
In researching visionary women throughout history, Reese Witherspoon learned about the life and achievements of Elizabeth Arden’s eponymous founder, who revolutionized the beauty industry at the turn of the 20th century as a self-made entrepreneur. In 1910, she founded her company in New York—before women could even vote. Elizabeth Arden’s legacy is inspirational, and is the foundation of Reese’s passion to partner with our brand.

#ArdenXReese

(Elizabeth Arden)





Leave a Reply





snapsbyreese           @ReeseW
ReeseWitherspoon         ReeseWitherspoon



Current Projects
The Morning Show (2019)
Seasons 1 & 2 available now on AppleTV+
Season 3 coming in 2023

Role: Bradley Jackson
Genre: Apple TV+ Series - Drama
News / Info / Photos / Official Site



Your Place Or Mine (2023)
On Netflix now
Role: Debbie
Genre: Romantic comedy
News / Info / Photos / Official Site



Legally Blonde 3 (202?)
In production
Role: Elle Woods
Genre: Comedy
News / Info / Photos / Official Site


Full Filmography      
Rumoured Roles News   → All Projects In Development






Latest Photos


View 230,000+ Reese photos in our Gallery



Glamour Tweets



Favourite Affiliates
Isla Fisher Meryl Streep Scarlett Johansson Amy Adams Jessica Chastain Kathryn Newton Julianna Margulies View All Affiliates View All Affiliates View All Affiliates View All Affiliates

View All Affiliates



Site Information
Link Back to Glamour Reese Witherspoon Contact Owner: By email
Opened: November 2001
Hosted By: Flaunt.nu
Currently 10 Users Online

eXTReMe Tracker
Glamour Reese Witherspoon is an unofficial fansite dedicated to supporting and promoting the career of Reese Witherspoon. We have no contact with Ms Witherspoon or her family or management. No copyright infringement is intended through the use of content within this website ...

Disclaimer     Privacy Policy     DMCA