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Library/Campaign/SKIMS White Lotus Valentine’s Day campaign
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SKIMS White Lotus Valentine’s Day campaign

Campaign · 2023 · Niche

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White Lotus stars fronted a SKIMS ad whose TikTok placement passed 1.1 million views.

Original · Kim Kardashian / SKIMS

Rachel Karten

@milkkarten · Jan 23, 2023

it pains me to admit it but @skims marketing is very good. they’ve got a budget and they know what to do with it!

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Sam Stryker

@sbstryker · Jan 23, 2023

Say what you want about @KimKardashian but nabbing The White Lotus S2 breakout stars for a @skims campaign? She’s a marketing genius.

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@marenyearly · Jan 23, 2023

Kim got Lucia and Mia’s actresses for the Valentines Skims campaign, ah I love it 😭

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Alice

@alicebuttery_ · Jan 23, 2023

I’m OBSESSED. Skims Valentine’s Day activations feature White Lotus’ Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò - putting the brand right into the huge conversation surrounding the series… The best example of reactive creative I’ve seen in 2023 so far

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Kim Kardashian on Instagram: "I watched White Lotus and had to have my girls! LAUNCHING JANUARY 26: THE @SKIMS VALENTINE’S DAY SHOP. It’s back and sexier than ever, starring breakout stars and…
Kim Kardashian on Instagram
SKIMS on Instagram: "A love letter to your curves. Our signature Fits Everybody staples adorned with lace launch January 26 as part of the Valentine’s Shop. Join the waitlist now. From left:…
SKIMS on Instagram
it pains me to admit it but @skims marketing is very good. they’ve got a budget and they know what to do with it!
@milkkarten on X
‘White Lotus’ Stars Model Kim Kardashian’s Skims Valentine’s Day Line — Here’s When It Drops Online
The Hollywood Reporter
'The White Lotus' stars Beatrice Granno and Simona Tabasco team up for a SKIMS Valentine's Day campaign
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Say what you want about @KimKardashian but nabbing The White Lotus S2 breakout stars for a @skims campaign? She’s a marketing genius.
@sbstryker on X
Kim got Lucia and Mia’s actresses for the Valentines Skims campaign, ah I love it 😭
@marenyearly on X
What marketers can learn from Skims’ campaign starring The White…
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X derivative, Karten; partial census, live counter
4.6M
As of Oct 14, 2026 · X · Rachel Karten / X
Peak date
Week of Jan 23, 2023
Jan 23 ’23 to Week of Jan 23, 2023
Platforms
3
Started on Instagram
Origin
Seeded
Fashion & accessories

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  • Scarcity drop

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SKIMS carried Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò’s White Lotus partnership into playful friendship imagery and a bilingual slogan. Twitter reactions fed press coverage. Grannò later recalled that visa delays moved the planned Los Angeles shoot to Milan.

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  1. January 2023

    Kim Kardashian / SKIMS seed · Jan 23 ’23

    Posted Trope’s playful campaign photographs of Tabasco and Grannò ahead of the January 26 collection release.[1][2][3][4][20][14]

    Kim Kardashian on Instagram: "I watched White Lotus and had to have my girls! LAUNCHING JANUARY 26: THE @SKIMS VALENTINE’S DAY SHOP. It’s back and sexier than ever, starring breakout stars and…
    Open the first post ↗
  2. Fashionista press · Jan 23 ’23

    Fashionista published the campaign at 1:08 p.m. EST and credited photographer and director Donna Trope.[5]

  3. Rachel Karten, Sam Stryker and Alice Buttery platform jump · Jan 23 ’23

    Karten, Stryker and Buttery praised the casting and campaign timing on Twitter.[6][7][8][9][10]

    it pains me to admit it but @skims marketing is very good. they’ve got a budget and they know what to do with it!
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Fashion & accessories
Region
US
X derivative, Karten; partial census, live counter
4.6M
As of Oct 14, 2026 · X · Rachel Karten / X
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  1. January 2023

    Kim Kardashian / SKIMS seed · Jan 23 ’23

    Posted Trope’s playful campaign photographs of Tabasco and Grannò ahead of the January 26 collection release.[1][2][3][4][20][14]

    Kim Kardashian on Instagram: "I watched White Lotus and had to have my girls! LAUNCHING JANUARY 26: THE @SKIMS VALENTINE’S DAY SHOP. It’s back and sexier than ever, starring breakout stars and…
    Open the first post ↗
  2. Fashionista press · Jan 23 ’23

    Fashionista published the campaign at 1:08 p.m. EST and credited photographer and director Donna Trope.[5]

  3. Rachel Karten, Sam Stryker and Alice Buttery platform jump · Jan 23 ’23

    Karten, Stryker and Buttery praised the casting and campaign timing on Twitter.[6][7][8][9][10]

    it pains me to admit it but @skims marketing is very good. they’ve got a budget and they know what to do with it!
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