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American Apparel Will Make You Look Like A Fat Hooker
We've spilled a lot of virtual ink on American Apparel. We've talked about its possibly sexist ads. We've talked about its pervy owner. We've dished about its lame, possibly coked out employees. But the biggest issue we have with American Apparel is that the majority of the company's designs make a normal-sized body look like two pigs fighting under a blanket. To prove this point, Slut Machine and I took videographer Alex Goldberg to a Brooklyn AA and tried on a few aggressively unflattering outfits. A caveat, in the words of dear Slut Machine: "We knew the clothes were gonna make us look like fat hookers, even though you know, I feel like I'm just an average-sized slut." More »
