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    Never Say Advertising Is Not a Talent

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    American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal

    Is Julia Allison Supposed to Be Famous or Something?

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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    More shocking: the stretch marks on her hip. #americanapparel
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    Image of ostartero ostartero
    11/11/09

    @cassandra: At least someone doesn't airbrush their models. It's almost as if they're people. #americanapparel
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    cassandra promoted this comment ostartero was starred ostartero was unstarred
    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/13/09

    @ostartero: This is the beginning of a strange trend. #americanapparel
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/11/09

    In reply to Never Say Advertising Is Not a Talent
    Wait copywriting is a bullshit hack job done by joke-y and moneyed youngsters tending to the whims of dullards? I thought it was like "The Right Stuff" or some shit.

    what if one of these young waggish copywriters is engulfed in flames out on the sidewalk, and maybe I'm walking down the other side of the street with a Venti coffee loaded in my bladder? Should I cross and extinguish? I just can't know for sure until I'm there I guess. #marketing
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/11/09

    In reply to Never Say Advertising Is Not a Talent
    Cute story, but even Darren Stevens or those guys on Mad Men would know that you can't leave the word "juice" unmodified, if the product has no juice. #marketing
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    Image of BitchyD BitchyD
    11/11/09

    @Magister: Two words: Larry Tate #marketing
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    Magister promoted this comment BitchyD was starred BitchyD was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    11/11/09

    @BitchyD: Now that ad man could drink...
    Often so much, he'd hallucinate. #marketing
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    At least she has the good sense to cloak that alluring neck. I only hope the ankles are properly covered as well, lest shopkeepers be distracted as she walks down the street. #americanapparel
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    Was this post really too subtle? #americanapparel
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    Hamilton Nolan was starred Hamilton Nolan was unstarred
    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    11/11/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: Subtly and American Apparel don't ever mix. Somewhere Dov Charney is laughing. #americanapparel
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    Image of DTurkin DTurkin
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    I prefer to see nipples than someone giving birth. #americanapparel
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    11/11/09

    @DTurkin: This was like an eye bath #americanapparel
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    Oh, geez. They're almost dainty. I could see if they were like huge cow utters ready to slap you in the forehead. These are like junior-nips. Not really classy, classy, but in terms of obscenity from American Apparel, I was expecting much more...like nipples, socks, a puddle of milk and nothing else in the shot. #americanapparel
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    At least, they are very nice looking nipples. #americanapparel
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    It's intentional. Nips are a fact, HamNo.

    Team Nip Display Banish the Padded Bra Bring Back the Balcony Corset #americanapparel
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    Image of harlows.landing harlows.landing
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    "American," indeed. You could put this photo on a billboard outside of an elementary school in Montreal and only American tourists would notice anything out-of-the-ordinary. #americanapparel
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    tigolbitties promoted this comment harlows.landing was starred harlows.landing was unstarred
    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    Thousands of years ago Victoria's Secret showed nipples quite freely. They also showed pubic hair back when women had it.

    Women do have nipples after all and this is honest advertising. If you have nipples and you wear this garment, then your nipples will show.

    Why Barbie-ize us all? #americanapparel
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    Image of PrincessOfPower PrincessOfPower
    11/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness: pubic hair? what's that? #americanapparel
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    Tart of Darkness promoted this comment PrincessOfPower was starred PrincessOfPower was unstarred
    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    11/11/09

    @PrincessOfPower: I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. #americanapparel
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    Image of topsy topsy
    11/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness: I actually agree with what you said but I really don't think American Apparel was trying to make a feminist statement. In fact, I don't think anyone at American Apparel know how to SPELL feminist. If the model's nipples were exposed it's probably because the sad folks at American Apparel got off on the 'naughtiness' of it all. #americanapparel
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    topsy was starred topsy was unstarred
    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/11/09

    @topsy: Well, what's wrong with that?

    I can't believe I'm defending AA, but a little naughtiness never hurt anybody. And neither did being turned on by it. If we weren't turned on by naughtiness, nobody would bother having sex and the species would have died out a long time ago. #americanapparel
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    Image of topsy topsy
    11/11/09

    @badasscat: I can't believe that you're defending AA either. #americanapparel
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    topsy was starred topsy was unstarred
    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    11/11/09

    @topsy: Well, I agree they are not intending to make a feminist statement but I really don't have a problem with the lack of air-brushing. Back in the late 70s/early 80s sometimes lingerie models in newspaper ads had visible nipples. Why have we decided that feminist = prudish while at the same time feminist = promiscuity, too?

    I find today's sexuality confusing. We are supposed to faint and scream at the sight of a nipple in a catalog, but have sex freely as we choose with as many people as we like.

    And for men it's even more confusing. They are all supposed to be addicted to porn, masturbate furiously on an hourly basis while hoping to get laid and this all at the same time that they pretend not to notice any sexual features on the woman they are standing next to on a bus.

    And I'd like to say I can't believe I'm defending AA either even as I'm starting to wonder why I'm supposed to defame them. #americanapparel
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    Image of topsy topsy
    11/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Thanks for the lecture on modern sexuality. Believe it or not I have no problems with nipples; I even have two of my own. What I do have a problem with is AA (who a lot of people are willing to go to the wall for) make a shitload of money out of appealing to the pimply adolescent in so many. 'Oooo look! Nipples! How edgy! How cutting edge.' Please. I prefer not to participate in Mr. Charney jerk-off fantasies, but feel free. The sight of barely-legal models (or those who just LOOK that way) flashing their pink bits for Dov's pleasure and profit makes me a bit queasy. But like I said, feel free.
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    Edited by topsy at 11/11/09 11:44 PM topsy was starred topsy was unstarred
    Image of PropSword PropSword
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal

    One of the redhead models they like to use is literally a porn star: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    AngriestGeek promoted this comment Edited by PropSword at 11/11/09 11:33 AM PropSword was starred PropSword was unstarred
    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    11/11/09

    @PropSword: They use them all the time, which is why no one even notices any longer. #americanapparel
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    Image of PropSword PropSword
    11/11/09

    @AngriestGeek: Beginning of the end? #americanapparel
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    PropSword was starred PropSword was unstarred
    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/11/09

    @PropSword: Well, at least it's more honest than brands that use figurative porn stars. #americanapparel
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    Image of WordyNinja WordyNinja
    11/11/09

    @PropSword: Yeah, I knew I had to cut back on the porn when I not only recognized her in an AA ad, but could remember her porn name. #americanapparel
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    AngriestGeek promoted this comment WordyNinja was starred WordyNinja was unstarred
    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    11/11/09

    @WordyNinja: Me and you both, pal. "Hey, that's...um, nobody. Nobody I recognize at all."

    @PropSword: More like him being honest about what he's really about. #americanapparel
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    Image of atotalcad atotalcad
    11/11/09

    @PropSword: I'd hit that so hard, whoever pulled me out would be the next King of England. #americanapparel
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    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza! promoted this comment AngriestGeek approved this comment atotalcad was starred atotalcad was unstarred
    Image of Pizza!Pizza!Pizza! Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
    11/11/09

    @atotalcad: Shouldn't you be daggering someone somewhere? #americanapparel
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/11/09

    In reply to American Apparel in Mortifying Nipple-Reveal
    Well, twice does represent the usual complement.

    Oh, you meant two separate models. (Second one makes my neck hurt.) #americanapparel
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/11/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: The second picture's a little strange, but then again I'm totally stumped about a more effective way to sell bow ties and suspenders to women. I think in this case just plain distracting from the product is the only reasonable choice. #americanapparel
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/11/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: ...and I just ordered a dozen of each. I'm such a sucker.
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    Edited by Z und Vielpunkt's chick at 11/11/09 11:58 AM Z und Vielpunkt's chick was starred Z und Vielpunkt's chick was unstarred
    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Insanely Rich Young Mobile Ad Broker You've Never Heard Of
    Thats the difference between real founders (like this guy) and oportunist big talkers like, well, almost everybody else in the valley these days...

    Scammers follow money, and sadly this deserved homerun here will attract even more gold diggers with little or no knowledge about actual IT, but lots of "street smart" capabilities.

    Kudos to Omar anyways, he's a living proof than even in these twittertimes real skills trumps over snake oil marketing. #omarhamoui
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/10/09

    In reply to Is Julia Allison Supposed to Be Famous or Something?
    I heard the ads with Julia Allison in them were Web-only, and she wasn't in any of the ones broadcast on television.

    Is that wrong? Hamilton, do you know for a fact that this one was broadcast on TV, not just posted on the web?

    Just curious ... #advertising
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