American Apparel resorts to just using naked women in its ads
By James Brady RyanJanuary 26th, 2011, 11:00 amComments (13)Granted, these naked ladies are drawings rendered in pencil, but still: my expectations of you are so low, American Apparel. Why must you still find a way to disappoint me? What happened to that WASP-y '80s prep thing you had going on? I thought it was ugly, but at least I didn't feel like Chris Hansen was about to pop out from my kitchen. Because these ads — drawn by Boris Lopez, who's worked for Hustler's Barely Legal and Tight — make me feel deeply uncomfortable.
Oh, also, definitely NSFW:
Wow, Dov Charney. Now I totally want some cotton briefs to set myself on fire. Did the Cotton campaign actually sign off on these? I just need to know how many adults approved these before they saw the light of day. Very responsible, adults. Good job.
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Commentarium (13 Comments)
the touch, the feel... ;)
Anyone else think those girls look a little too young?
These make me feel icky where my swimsuit covers.
I agree that those girls look like preteens. Very uncomfortable.
Reminds me of Lolita, or actually more specifically, Belinda. Interestingly plump body shape too.
@acswift there is no way these girls could be preteens.
actually, I kind of love it! Also, there's no way the models for those are pre-teens.
these are great! we need more pretty slender nudes in the world!
who are they marketing to??? no girl is going to look at that and think "oh i need undies". i'm guessing the men? but then why are they so frumpy in the other ads?.... so...confused...
no way those girls are pre-teens. The breasts are too large for that age (how many girls in your 7th grade class had C cups?) They're at least 16. The girls just look younger because of the innocent expression on their faces.
16 is that much less creepy? For what it's worth, I was a C cup when I was 13.
If there more nudity in the usa, there would be less vilance ,in sex crimes.. in the country, people relax! get naked ..at ant age---Let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!
I for one am so tired of all the vilance in America today. Whatever it is.
This store ( American Apparel) just lost the way of promoting the business...
https://www.apparelnbags.com/augusta-sportswear/index.htm
Look how above store and many of other stores are promoting the business in a civilized manner.