• ass critic

    A Letter To American Apparel's Latest Spokesbottom, "Kristen"

    Dear Kristen, You have a nice ass. I could have probably inferred that fact by simply getting stuck in certain positions a crowded subway car with you, or walking behind you on a summer's day, but thanks to the new American Apparel Youtube video I know exactly how firm it looks when you lean down and wave it around as if you are being penetrated doggy-style. Congrats on that. Having worked at American Apparel I know you couldn't have received much more than a hundred bucks compensation for that video. Maybe $100 is the going rate for a nice ass in a time during which there seem to be a lot of young women with nice asses who are interested in having the niceness of their asses documented for public consumption on the internet for recognition and/or vanity, which is a something I have learned from many informational outlets from MySpace to the Suicide Girls but which I could have just as easily learned exclusively from looking at American Apparel ads. More »

    2:00 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
    By Moe
    12,864 views, 145 comments

    Latest by bowleserised: Yes, other companies are skeevy and exploitative, but it's the fact that AA insists "We're so cool because we don't more »

  • democrazy in action

    If You Go To Work For American Apparel, Can You Really Expect Dov Charney To Wear Clothes?

    Just when you thought a day could not pass without a post on American Apparel, the best worst company in America, we get this alarming tidbit courtesy the New York Post: one of the sexual harassment cases against chronic masturbating abusive perv-with-a-heart-of-gold-lame-leggings American Apparel founder/CEO Dov Charney is going to trial. Tomorrow! Former sales manager and aggressive in-line skater Mary Nelson accuses Dov of attending a sales meeting wearing nothing but a "cock sock." Do you go to work for Dov Charney expecting him to wear clothes to meetings? Nevermind, that! The news here is that Dov Charney is so morally certain he is entitled to run his company however like a corporate embodiment of a Vice Magazine coffee table book he wants that he is eschewing the easy way out to take his case before a jury. Knowing a little bit about the case from when it was filed in 2005 — briefly, considering it's American Apparel we're talking about here, the plaintiff's story isn't that salacious — I thought I'd check back in on its progress since... More »

    12:30 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
    By Moe
    13,194 views, 125 comments

    Latest by SushantiOxyntes: I don't think that's Dov in the photo accompanying this story. I too worked for American Apparel for a little more more »

  • love letters

    "I Went Home, Grabbed Some Spraypaint, Took The Train Back And Waited Until 4am To Climb The Scaffolding."

    I'm still a little bitter over the months I spent making $9 an hour clearing out their dressing rooms, but I have to credit the ethically exploitative, generically-trendhumping corporate paradox that is American Apparel for its ceaseless bloggy news flow. Just last week, the company ran a New York Times ad advocating the sort of immigration reforms that would make life easier for the folks that weave and sew those gym tees and hoodies our generation so loves. Then on Monday, the company officially listed itself on the American Stock Exchange, finally subjecting its financial results to the scrutiny of public shareholders who will no doubt at some point wonder if that whole "living wage" idea was such a smart one. Monday's announcement came on the heels of about a year the company spent trading opaquely under the name Endeavor Acquisition as a so-called "backdoor" listing, which reminded us of another "backdoor" thing about the company: that fucking billboard. We recently heard from the guy — yeah, guy! — who claims to have defaced it earlier this year. His letter is probably the best Christmas gift a bunch of whores like us could have gotten, not least because he admits he has a "lot to learn." Don't we all. More »

    1:30 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
    By Moe
    28,413 views, 121 comments

    Latest by rebee: heres a little non-fiction diddy for you: during my vacation-esque stint at the university of florida they decided to open an more »

  • american graffiti

    American Apparel Ads: Sexy Or Sexist?


    The giant billboard ad for American Apparel on Houston Street in NYC—of a woman wearing only tights, bent over, legs spread—was defaced this week when someone spray painted "Gee, I wonder why women get raped?" Initially we were all, "Misogyny!" But after further consideration, and noticing that this graffiti actually has correct punctuation and everything, we were wondering if this wasn't a social commentary. American Apparel immediately replaced the ad with a different one, featuring a model who is actually wearing a top. But no matter what A.A. puts in that space, it's always attention grabbing, and pushes the envelope. Alex Goldberg and I hung out in front of it and asked passersby what they thought of the campaign, and why they think women get raped. More »

    12:30 PM on Fri Oct 26 2007
    By Tracie
    59,278 views, 170 comments

    Latest by Demain: I find it odd that no one has mentioned the hypocrisy of American Apparel advertising. They pride themselves on being more »

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