Let Them Drink Pepsi

One of the more memorable advertisements to utilize Marie Antoinette's popular (though incorrect) image as the queen who said "Let them eat cake!" was a 1969 Coca-Cola ad which spun a clever twist on the legend. (I recently featured this advertisement in a post about the usage of Marie Antoinette in advertising--the full post can be viewed here.)

But did Marie Antoinette really say "Let them drink Coke?" Despite Coca-Cola's convincing history, this 1950s Pepsi-Cola Marie Antoinette inspired-advertisement begs to differ...

 

credit: FrenchFrouFrou on Etsy

I wonder how many retro drink advertisements used Marie Antoinette or a Marie Antoinette inspiration! "Let Them Sip Sprite," anyone?