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crime
American Apparel 33% Illegal
Because Dov Charney is a hero to immigrants, The Man is all up in his business, trying to point out nitpicky technical "violations," like the fact that 1,800 of his employees are illegal. Jeez. More »
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Comment by badasscat: Man, that is some seriously ugly underwear. No offense to Anahit. 12 Responses | Other threads
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viral video
Dov Charney Will Make Middle America Sexy
Dov Carney is an entrepreneur who takes "classic, everyday American items" like t-shirts and "makes them sensual." Now he's determined, in this hilarious parody video anyway, to make middle America sexy, just as he did with "skinny dork" hipsters. More »
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Comment by ♥Anti-Social Socialite♥: fake dov was a contestant on beauty and the geek a few seasons ago. i'm sorry for knowing that. :( 1 Responses | Other threads
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creeps
Michael Wolff's Daughter Narrowly Escapes Dov Charney's Lecherous Advances
We already know more about Michael Wolff than we'd frankly like to, so his disclosure today that pervy American Apparel founder/pornographer Dov Charney recently hit on his daughter in Union Square just creeps us out. More »
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By John CookComment by Pope John Peeps II: Everybody's young girlfriend is somebody's daughter. That's a neat lesson, eh Michael Wolff? 2 Responses | Other threads
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American Apparel Caves to Woody Allen
After all that trash talk, American Apparel has agreed to give Woody Allen $5 million for putting his picture on their skeevy billboard. Pussies! More » -
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Woody Allen and Dov Charney Accuse Each Other of Acting Like Each Other
Nobody would be surprised if skeevy American Apparel boss Dov Charney and nebbishy, schoolgirl-stroking Woody Allen turned out to be the same person. So naturally they're in court, accusing each other of the same things. More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: Back when Woody was on the top of his game, my uncle saw him hanging out one sunny afternoon in... 18 Responses | Other threads
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role models
Sad Third Grader Hopes to Work For Dov Charney
"Dear Mr. Charney," begins the most misguided letter ever from a third grader to someone she looks up to. What are they teaching in the schools now, porno sex for the kids? More »
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Comment by anxiogenic: One grace doesn't wash away sins. Fair labor doesn't excuse blatant and condescending objectification. Hitler liked dogs a lot but... 13 Responses | Other threads
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money matters
Investor Saves American Apparel From Financial Doom
You might think that American Apparel would thrive in the recession, with their affordable clothes and dirtbag-embracing ads. But you'd be wrong, since an investor just rescued them from defaulting on a loan. More »
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Comment by DennyCrane: AA stock: $2 Price of AA knitted cap: $16.50 4 Responses | Other threads
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birthdays
Lo, The Delicate Flower of Dov Charney's Youth Is Passing Into Eternity
Tomorrow is American Apparel boss Dov Charney's 40th birthday. Last night for an orgy with 17 year-old runaways in leotards before it's officially creepy! [Copyranter. PS Dov our bday party invite(???)] More »
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Comment by Jaffa Cakes: Um, I hate to say this but I've gotta say he looks kinda hot in that Resident Alien card! 9 Responses | Other threads
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investigations
American Apparel's Internal 'Bankrupt' Emails
Simple patriotic pornographic clothing firm American Apparel is beset by trouble! Now the SEC is investigating the company. Because of fishy leaked emails. Which we have for you, below!
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Comment by Colander: That quote, in that ad there, is annoying. Dunno why, just is. 27 Responses | Other threads
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field guide
Shira Lazar, Kevin Rose's Latest Fling
Having famously "plowed through" San Francisco's eligible bachelorettes, Digg founder Kevin Rose went L.A. for his most recent paramour, Shira Lazar. Who is this Web-video wannabe with links to Dov Charney and Julia Allison? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by LilyBartleby: She's an upgrade from his previous paramour, Roseys Palm. 9 Responses | Other threads
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American Apparel Successfully Swallows Its Ad Spoofer
All subversive things in our culture must eventually be co-opted by the very things that they subvert. It's the American way. The American Apparel ad spoofer—who had a months-long run of fame for creating super-porny ripoffs of AA ad posters (which eventually turned out to be Photoshop fakes by the people at Stereohell)—has now become the subject of an actual American Apparel ad. In Vice magazine, naturally! Click through for photos of Dov Charney's victory over artistic mockery:
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Comment by American Dreamer: I bought some stuff for my kids at American Apparel just last month and my laundry girl reported back to... 50 Responses | Other threads
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Dov Charney Will Not Pay You Off Just Because You Got Him A Hot Massage Girl
Another lawsuit has been filed against pervy American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, alleging he sexually harasses women and inflates his company's profits, as usual. But! AA has now filed its own suit saying that Nikky Yang (the ex-employee who's filed this new suit) is disgruntled and stole money while she was at AA and was always hitting Dov Charney up for money even after she left. (Yang is represented by Keith Fink, the attorney already in an ongoing feud with AA). And AA's suit includes many amusing emails from Yang to Dov, including this one from 2004 promising him a nice hot massage girl!: More »
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Comment by scroll_lock: I think it's great that attorneys will represent the braindead. Equal representation and all that good stuff. 6 Responses | Other threads
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American Apparel Out To Prove Rival Lawyer Is The Real Scumbag
Can hipster clothing conglomerate American Apparel and its balls-out CEO Dov Charney never have a normal, peaceful, lawsuit, which is settled quietly and forgotten about? Most recently, the company was fighting back against a lawsuit by ex-employee Roberto Hernandez by trotting out his ex-lovers and leaking documents showing that Hernandez himself recently defended Charney from the very charges he's now being sued for. And now AA is playing more legal hardball! The company is trying to prove to the world that Keith Fink, the lawyer for another ex-employee suing Dov for sexual harassment, is in fact an extortionate scumbag himself. Leaked internal emails below: More »
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Comment by Unfun: So let me get this straight, a case involving a man who admittedly schtupps employees on the regular, jerked off... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Employee Suing American Apparel Once Defended Them
Earlier today we told you how oft-sued American Apparel chief Dov Charney is being sued again—this time by Roberto Hernandez, an ex-AA employee who says he was fired from his IT job in 2006 after he refused Dov Charney's request to cook the books to make the company look more financially attractive. His complaint also includes descriptions of AA as a pervy workplace where Charney held staff meetings in the nude. But there's a new development: a source at AA has just sent us a statement that they say Hernandez himself wrote in August, 2006 defending Dov Charney from an earlier lawsuit, contradicting some of same allegations that Hernandez himself is now making:
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Dov Charney's Legal Defense: Ex-Lovers
Oh Dov Charney, when will you stop being sued for various sexual and financial shenanigans? The pervy, pacing American Apparel boss has been sued yet again. Just last month he was dealing with a sexual harassment case from an old employee; now, another former employee says that Dov tried to get him to inflate the company's books in order to draw in outside investors. Just your average financial fraud allegation, until Dov trotted out his accuser's old "lover": More »
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Comment by Cosette: green tighty whities, bowling alley 70s throwback polo complete with haggard semi-handlebar mustache ...such a devastatingly handsome combo makes me... 18 Responses | Other threads
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portfolio
Conde Nast's Portfolio Overlooks The Financial Crisis
Who did (troubled?) business magazine Portfolio select to put on its cover this month, in the midst of the greatest financial upheaval since the Great Depression? Dov Charney. Pervy, pacing, dog-loving American Apparel chief Dov Charney. There must be an explanation for this, right? More »
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Comment by LongIslandSettee: And to those who say he looks hot: whywhywhywhywhywhywhy. Why? Why? I simply don't understand. One glance at his photo... 3 Responses | Other threads
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The American Apparel Ad Spoofer's Final Joke On Us All
Well, our faith in the reliability of photography has been shattered, a decade after it should have been. The porny American Apparel ad spoofer, whose sexy ad remixes we have thoroughly documented, has been revealed as an art project by the graphic design aficionados who run Stereo Hell, as expected. More importantly: the spoof "posters" plastered throughout the city, and on AA stores, weren't posters at all; they were just Photoshop mockups. They existed only in imaginary pixellated form! No wonder none of them ever turned up on Ebay. I suppose this says something about the true nature of art; but I must admit that the achievement seems less impressive now. There is no Santa Claus either, btw. After the jump, two Photoshopped photos of the spoofer's final big reveal. We'll miss you, you fake bastards: More » -
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Miracles do happen! While driving on Sunset last night, we just so happened to glance up at the "lost dog" billboard erected by American Apparel founder Dov Charney, and we were pleased to see a huge "FOUND" sticker hastily slapped on, finally bringing to a close the missing pet drama that had rocked Echo Park. Did little HedKayce really make the incredible journey back home to Charney's East LA warehouse, or was it all a publicity stunt meant to promote American Apparel's new line of brand-free clothing for slutty, hipster dogs? We'd like to think it was the former, even if we shudder to think of the Charney scent that could have lured the pup back home. [Previously: 'American Apparel' Owner Wants You to Find His Dog, Maybe Buy its Clothes] -
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Denied! Anon AA Ad Artist Slams Faux-Bam Culture Jam
So yesterday we posted what seemed to be a new work by the anonymous American Apparel ad spoofer—this one featuring Obama being menaced by a big dick, with the familiar slogan "The Assassination of Barack Obama" and an American Apparel logo. Then we heard that it might not be a work by the actual spoofer, which was confirmed by the spoofer's own blog, then confirmed again by Copyranter, who thinks the Obama piece is a Photoshop fake. Now the spoofer himself has sent us a statement, of sorts, saying he welcomes copycats as long as it's clear they're different copycats (and he's not a Dov Charney employee, thank you): More »
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Comment by Scout 3.0: Couldn't he think of a more impressive name than "aa ads spoofer". Maybe take a cue from Superman or Zodiac... 4 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Spoof Update
We hear (third-hand) that the actual anonymous American Apparel ad spoofer has denied making the Obama Porn-sassination poster we put up earlier today. If the spoofer would like to issue a first-hand denial, he or she can email us.
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Comment by bytememehard: Come on, Gawker, I would never have my name associated with a childish cartoon like that. You've seen my work.... 11 Responses | Other threads
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ad remixes
American Apparel Spoofer Porn-sassinates Obama
We have to say this for the porntastic anonymous American Apparel ad spoofer: he or she is just so god damn aware of the vagaries of pseudoculture that it is impossible not to admire his or her attention-getting sensibility. Unless, of course, this all turns out to be paid for by Dov Charney, in which case you can expect a very sternly worded rebuke from us. So watch out. Today, the personal (wear) becomes political; it's The Assassination of Barack Obama as imagined not by a publicity-seeking artist Yazmany Arboleda, but by publicity-seeking artist "anonymous spoofer." And of course a big dick is involved, for reasons we can't quite understand: More » -
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Dov Charney Enraged By Video Of Kid-Hustler Self
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney acted out as a young man before he became a defiant adult fashion maven. Everyone knows this. So why is he "super pissed off and embarrassed" and "ranting and raving," according to an associate, about a scene from an absurdist documentary that reveals him as a crafty, charismatic little capitalist? In 20th Century Chocolate Cake, a young Charney talks about how he hides money from the redistributionist staff at his "communist" summer camp and about how all the food in his care package was given away to ungrateful poors. Maybe Charney's worried his childhood ramblings will tarnish the labor-friendly American Apparel brand. He should just be grateful he didn't talk about anything else he may have done at summer camp. UPDATE: The credits in the video above misspell the name of the filmmaker. It is Lois Siegel. [Anittah Patrick]
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By Ryan TateComment by joeydetroit: who the fuck raised this kid, the movie "Goodfellas"? 8 Responses | Other threads
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American Apparel Ad Spoofer Strikes The Heart Of The Beast
The anonymous, sex-positive American Apparel ad spoofer's latest conquest: the windows and front door of an upcoming Soho American Apparel store. Verily, our wayward artist has decided to strike Dov Charney right where he lives. Is this further evidence that the spoofer might be in cahoots with the company—the manifestation of the CEO's inner desire for ads unfettered by his dreary clothing? It's time to reveal yourself, poster-person. Click through to see the, um, seductive (?) re-imagining of the store's entrance: More »
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Comment by TechnologyVsHorses: Looks like this art work I saw in Zurich in 2005: [www.flickr.com] more » | Other threads
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American Apparel For Afrikans
You thought that all American Apparel clothing was inspired by Dov Charney's endless parade of sexual fantasies? Not true. Some of it is inspired by Africa! Or as Bambaataa and fey hipsters spell it, Afrika. Is it bad that the company doesn't use any black models for these products? It might be worse if they did use black models, actually. Check out more of this season's most authentic adornments for those in the struggle, after the jump. Real hipsters still have their Cross Colours from '92: More »
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Comment by Meeg: @Meeg: That should be "Afrikaans", thanks AA now I can't spell the name of the continent anymore. more » | Other threads
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politics
Just As We Suspected
A new survey shows that shoppers at Wal-Mart, Kohl's, and JC Penney favor McCain, while shoppers at Target and Macy's favor Obama. American Apparel shoppers, of course, favor Spank Rock. [Ad Age]
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Comment by american_scumbag: @Sproing: ... would lead to the most honest presidency ever. more » | Other threads
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ad remixes
Art Vs. Commerce
After paying homage to Jeff Koons, the anonymous American Apparel ad spoofer attacks Andy Warhol with paint and boobs. [Stereohell via Copyranter]
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Comment by NickGlass: Well, Jeff Koons spent most of his life nailing Andy Warhol's leftovers (which, admittedly, were some of the scraps from... more » | Other threads
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lawsuits
Racist Hipsters Schooled By Ex-American Apparel Employee
Meet Chris Renfro. Last month, in a case that went wholly unnoticed in the company's unending news flow of highly credible sexual harassment accusations and that lost chihuahua story, he sued American Apparel for race discrimination. (I know, like you put it past them.) We just took a look at his complaint and wondered if it might hold some deeper meaning for hipsterkind. Renfro contends that, while working on the "industrial design and construction" of an American Apparel store (context: said job pays $11.25 an hour) he was called the N-word incessantly by a co-worker named Sean Alonzo who allegedly said they "could use more" N-words at American Apparel (ha ha ha ha) and then proceeded to neg him by bringing a friend he described as "really racist," — along with said friend's vicious dog! — to a store they were opening. Reading the complaint, I remembered how there once was a time when this Vice magazine hipster racism thing used to shock me. Now it just seems sad! And it looks like Renfro agrees, judging from a Malthusian MySpace post he wrote the day before the suit was filed maintaining his hipster tormenters need to develop actual skills. After all, "what is graphic design going to do for you when you're starving?"
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American Apparel Ad Spoofer Becomes An Art Critic
The anonymous American Apparel ad remixer has consistently shown—along with a love for pornography and a belief in the dildo-ness of AA boss Dov Charney—a marked devotion to actual "art." We're not dealing with just another vandal here; we're dealing with a vandal who may have gone to art school at some point. This valuable education enables not only the clean, porny line drawings on the ads, but now, a new frontier: a reference to pop artist Jeff Koons. And a nude woman! I don't think it's exaggerating the case to call this fake postermaker an educator. The seminal work: More » -
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Was Dov Charney's Dog Devoured By A Coyote?
Dov Charney, the self-stimulating CEO of American Apparel, is wondering if you've seen his dog HedKayce. The little guy went missing in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles for at least the second time since April, when he was feared eaten by the local coyotes. Oy maybe Charney has been looking for the same dog for more than three months. In any case, the creepy clothier presumably holds out hope the dog has not become canid food, because he has "slammed" the surrounding area with "Lost Dog" flyers, LAist reports. Charney even switched some of his billboard advertising from scantily-clad young women to the plea for help seen at left. Awww, sweet and sad all at once. But how did a neurotic obsessive like Charney misplace his dog in the first place? Maybe he was somehow distracted?? [LAist] -
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'American Apparel' Owner Wants You to Find His Dog, Maybe Buy its Clothes
In the worst news to befall a local chihuahua since Disney cut loose with its trailers for the Beverly Hills breed, we hear today that American Apparel kingpin Dov Charney has lost his dog. Again. Or perhaps the pooch is still missing from that troubling time in April. In any case, Charney appears to finally be getting serious about finding and keeping poor little HedKayce close by — or at least about selling dog shirts. After the jump, find the enlarged billboard photo and a memo scattered far and wide by the inspiredguerrilla marketerssearch party: More » -
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American Apparel buys half a billion online ads a month
Skanky-chic clothing retailer American Apparel reached nearly 48.9 million unique Web surfers with 489 million display ad vews in the month of April according to ComScore, with 24 percent of those impressions being garnered on MySpace, 19 percent on Facebook, and another 12 percent on AOL's banner-laden AIM software client. The ads have stirred controversy for the prurient use of Helvetica. How's it affecting the bottom line? More » -
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Paradigm Shifts As American Apparel Spoofer Attacks Brooklyn
Everything is different now: for the first time in recorded history, the mysterious and porny American Apparel ad spoofer has struck in Brooklyn. Manhattan is so over! Is this a good thing or a bad thing to Brooklyn gentrification opponents, philosophically speaking? The new piece is also directly next to an AA store, perhaps marking an escalation in the conflict between spoof in commerce. Or a confluence? So many questions. One thing we are sure of: this spoofer fears neither male nor female private parts, at least in line drawing form. We feel the time has come for Dov Charney to speak out directly on his, uh, admirer. Click through for a larger pic of the latest, uh, artwork: More »
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Comment by LookyLoo: @saltwatertaffy: Ha, me too! I was like, what are the choices here? Wedgie or Melvin? more » | Other threads
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American Apparel Spoofer Embraces Equality In Genitalia
The notorious, mysterious, and sexy American Apparel ad spoofer raises so many philosophical questions: What is art? What is advertising? What is porn? And does showing blowjobs count as "sexual equality?" The spoofer has a long history of drawing female genitalia (and dildos). But now he or she has made the leap to showing penises for the cause—something Dov Charney can only dream of. Click through for the most overt (possibly NSFW, although it's just a drawing) example: More »
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Comment by brionity: Though I am personally aiming to bring cock back into the vernacular . . . I resent this horror show... more » | Other threads
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From The Cocksuckers At American Apparel
It must really kill Dov Charney not to be able to advertise his hipster robot clothes via hardcore porn movies starring himself and a bevy of 18-year-old Eastern European beauties recently unloaded from a shipping crate in the dead of night. So the pervy American Apparel CEO and hero to the downtrodden keeps edging as close to that vision as possible. His latest effort: a foreign ad featuring a model licking some dude's boxer shorts—and some believe the dude in them is Dov himself, based solely on the hairy legs. Full ad that will haunt you, below: More »
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American Apparel Spoofer Goes Retro-Porny
The now-famous but still anonymous American Apparel ad spoofer has always done his or her part to portray the hipster robot clothing company's ads as they are in CEO Dov Charney's mind: tasteful porn. The spoofer knows that the mandate to actually put clothes in his ads is just a necessary evil to Dov; he'd rather just see naked, self-stimulating, shaven women writhing around in space—perhaps accompanied by a cute animal. But now the spoofer is urging a return to the unshaven days of yore; a move that fits in with AA's faux-natural branding quite nicely. Clever viral marketing (doubtful)? Or just an unspoken call for variety in AA's secret full-on nude ads, to be unveiled as soon as society is ready for them? After the jump, full photos of the spoofer's latest porny—yet natural—line drawings: More » -
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Dov Charney Is A Hero To Immigrants
VBS.TV (Vice magazine's online video channel) has an 8-part series called "Illegal LA" about the illegal immigration issue. The setup is to tell the story through the eyes of several key figures on different sides of the issue—including pervy American Apparel CEO Dov Charney! It raises an interesting point: though Charney is the neurotic head of our nation's most annoying fashion line who enjoys playing with himself in front of reporters, he is also one of the only entrepreneurs in his field with a truly progressive labor policy. Should he be forgiven for the first because of the second? No, but at least he has a mark in his favor on the balance sheet. After the jump, two clips featuring Charney's take on this unjust country of ours; and, as a counterpoint, a new spoof American Apparel ad that graphically reminds you of the evils of spandex. More »
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Comment by jeanbeeen: He is totes evil... [clamormagazine.org] . Also, not very labor friendly, what with the sexual assaults and union busting. more » | Other threads
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American Apparel Spoofer: Bambi Porn Edition
The anonymous American Apparel ad prankster strikes again. This time with more animals! Also—it must be said—with even more poon-tang than usual. Copyranter says the new installment is a spoof of this bambi-themed ad. If Dov Charney doesn't find this vandal and put him or her on the payroll immediately, he's even crazier than we think. Click through for two uncensored photos of the (explicit, artistic) latest work: More »
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Comment by e.varden: Peeps STILL have difficulty getting their head around the reality that Bambi was a BOY deerling/fawn fer crissakes.... more » | Other threads
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American Apparel Needs Models To Show Their Junk
You'll be kicking yourself for missing this party in an LA American Apparel store last Friday. It was not just an event in honor of gay pride; it included a contest to "win" a chance to "Show Your Stuff" in an American Apparel ad. "Winner chosen @ Stallion after party." Isn't that how it always turns out? Dov Charney continues to find new and innovative ways to trick dudes and girls alike into helping him skeeve out the world. The full flier, with NSFW lime green underwear shot, after the jump. More » -
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The Insane Story Of Stuart Miller's Hollywood Sperm Bank Bondage Cult
Meet Stuart Miller. You thought Dov Charney was a creepy boss? In Stuart's defense, he runs a sperm bank. But Growing Generations is a high-end sperm (and surrogate) bank catering to Hollywood agents and assorted other corporate bigwig types that was just profiled in W Magazine! So you can imagine how Miller's old marketing manager Scott Glasgow found it a little inappropriate when the Boss Man, according to a lawsuit just filed in federal court in Manhattan, emailed him this picture of himself. (There's an even more surreal — though surprisingly SFW — specimen from a company "team building" exercise after the jump.) Still, Glasgow liked his job. He made $100,000 helping gay couples "create new life"! So he had endured Miller's insistence that they share a bed on the company "Vision Cruise" even though he had no interest in actually doing him. The boss was going to make him VP! But then came all the cult classes: [Jezebel] -
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Cartoon Pervs
Dov Charney, homeless American Apparel models, a talking t-shirt, and a bunch of tards—all in cartoon form. It's about time. Cartoon Dov explains, "The world is getting pervier. And America has to compete!" [Current]
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Comment by regisgoat: Eh, sure--shirt factories where the workers were being paid living wages as opposed to sweatshops in Sri Lanka, Honduras, or... more » | Other threads
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