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Did Anyone Else Get an A*shole With Their Most Recent American Apparel Purchase?

Posted by Emily Farris

 

We could do an entire series of "I Hate Myself for Loving You: American Apparel Clothes," but we won't. We'll just cop to shopping there. However, we had to stop and consider why after a recent t-shirt purchase. When we got home, we noticed that the not-so-friendly American Apparel employes had stuffed a complimentary AA 2008 calendar in our bag—which wouldn't have been so bad had June 19 not featured an asshole.  


If you're dying to have an asshole hanging on your own wall (along side some Hasidic Jews, see August 15 above), you can purchase the American Apparel 2008 poster calendar for $3.00 here.


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Posted Mar 04 2008, 03:42 PM
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AH said:

I am probably the last person in the universe to actually visit the American Apparel website, and I don't really know anything about the company, but I must say the photos were all deeply disturbing to me.  I felt like I was looking at a collection of victims' portraits taken by a serial murderer/rapist before he did them in.  I can't say it really made me want to purchase anything.  Am I a freak, or is it on purpose?

March 4, 2008 4:02 PM

Angie said:

Worse: June 19 was recently featured on the BACK COVER of some artsy magazine (which title escapes me at the moment). An assault on the senses.

March 4, 2008 7:29 PM

jezebel9 said:

Am I the only one who's not bothered by AA ads? How are they any different from the sexualized 14 year-olds who sell me cosmetics every where I look? I kinda appreciate the in-your-face attitude of honestly using sex to sell. Plus they give their factory workers a living wage. I rather buy an expensive t-shirt from them then H&M.

March 5, 2008 7:46 AM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

Colleen Kane has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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