Of course, the yellow “Dries Roelvink swim trunks” are available at www.goedkopezwembroeken.nl . (Click the image to order them)
Yellow Roelvink Swim Trunks
Because it is very distinctive. Whenever I say “Dries Roelvink swim trunks”, everyone immediately knows what I mean. The yellow swim trunks worn by the singer in an ANWB commercial. Dries's tanned body reclining in a Spanish beach chair, his bleached hair, the megaphone? Exactly, those. And that is despite the fact that it was already years ago that the commercial appeared on TV. In 2007, to be precise. Again, that is remarkable.
Because ever since then, the yellow swim trunks have been a phenomenon and extremely popular. Yes, still! Especially during the summer months, people frequently search for and Google 'Yellow Dries Roelvink swim trunks'. It is amusing how a commercial (which, incidentally, was not even about swim trunks) has been creating huge demand for yellow swim trunks for years.
There were also more reasons why we never really forgot the commercial. And why every yellow swim trunks are now associated with the “Dries Roelvink swim trunks”. The commercial received a great deal of extra attention because Dries himself felt that it had damaged his image. Which is of course rather peculiar, considering he only came to that conclusion afterwards. He was also nominated for the Loden Leeuw in the “most irritating Dutch celebrity” category because of the commercial. He came second.
