Call it "The Bath of the 70-foot Woman." Or "Two Tons of Mermaid."
The real name of the massive woman in a Hamburg, Germany, lake is actually "Die Badende" ("The Bather"), and she's an ad for British beauty brand Soap & Glory.
"We launched Soap & Glory in Germany last year, and we've been looking for a way to say, 'Thank you!' to everyone for embracing our products, and making us a real success there. At Soap & Glory, we consider it our calling to bring more beauty to the world, and have fun doing it - 'Die Badende' does exactly that," the brand's founder, Marcia Kilgore, said in a news release.
"Die Badende" is the work of art creator Oliver Voss. It's almost 13 feet high, 67 feet long and weighs two tons.
The sculpture is made from a steel cage covered with Styrofoam almost a foot thick, which is then covered by a layer of special filler sealed with a polyester resin.
It will spend 10 days in Hamburg's Inner Alster Lake.
Apparently, "Die Badende" is as modest as "she" is massive. Soap & Glory promises a crane will be standing by with a supersize towel when "Die Badende" is ready to come out of the water.
I bet there's buried treasure down there.
i'm sure the box will be empty.
That's kind of a fun idea for advertising. Definitely not just the same old billboard.
wow thats a huge.......
Holy...... it's big foot!
Der frauline ist unt dumkopf.
Nice try, Jeff, but you need remedial German. Your comment should read: "Die Fraulein ist ein Dummkopf."
unt?
Dee – not to be too picky, but if anything it should be "Das Fraeulein ist ein Dummkopf". (Sorry, I don't have the "Umlaut ae key" on my keyboard).
*********************************************************I think the Brits are kind'a wierd anyway. There are no British made films that either made no sence to me, or if they were suppose to be funny, they were not, at least not to me. ******************************************
She isn't British – she is in a lake in Hamburg Germany...
"There are no British films that made no sence to me"? So there are some British films that made some sense to you? I think we've identified the problem. You're an idiot.
I know someone into scuba diving.
IT'S A TRAP!
*********************************************************** @Jeff Frank: It depends on how much $$$ (that should be a symbol for British pounds, but I dont have any) she got. She must have convinced she was safe, I'm not so sure she was very stupid. *******************************************
I like the brand name...'Soap and Glory'.
I also think this advertising is awesome...pun intended.
That's such a cool way to advertise and thank people for embracing their product. It makes me miss Europe too.
so cool....wish we could see that fun and creative advertising here state side.
It's nice. I wish I can have a feel in Ghana.
Hamburg must be very proud of this. I spent 3 months in 1964 near the Alster and remember it well.
I want to see another one in America.
Why would yo call it "Two Tons of Mermaid."? It clearly has two legs and no tail!
No one can advertise like the British. Their commercials are great, too.
All that work to make a suggestive statue and her face is as ugly as sin!!