If you're okay with supporting a company run by a misogynistic douchebag who's fond of giving the bad touch just because you think the clothes are cute, then, fine, more power to you. Just fucking admit that you're refusing to seek out alternatives and enabling. And, you know, sleep easy, dude.

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I support a company whose clothes I like and whose owner is committed to paying a living wage to his employees who all work in the US and therefore as a result contribute positively to our economy in a number of ways. So Dov Charney is a misogynist in his personal life. That's bad,of course. It has very little to do with his company (which, it should be noted, he barely runs anymore). In fact by employing women and paying them well, American Apparel is profoundly NOT a misogynist enterprise. And if by "refusing to seek out alternatives and enabling" you mean that I buy their clothes over those made by, say, 6-year-old Filipinos for The Gap, then, yeah, guilty as charged.

American Apparel is not Dov Charney.

If you want to go on a Dov Charney witch hunt, sleep easy, dude. Guilty until proven innocent and all that. I'm sure that when you boycott his company it's Dov, and not the women who work for him in order to feed their families, suffering. Are you fucking kidding me? You really showed him, huh?

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On a purely subjective note, I like the clothes, but tomato/tomahto, right?

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"Overpriced" is what happens when you don't exploit your labor force. If you want a $5 t-shirt, go to Walmart and don't look at the label. As for quality, your experience may vary, but I have always found their clothes to be pretty well-made.

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Oh, I see, you're still living in the 19th century.

You don't stop being misogynist because you hire women. What a ridiculous leap in logic.

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I'll repeat this slowly so everyone gets it. Dov Charney is a jerk. Probably even a misogynistic jerk. American Apparel is a company made up of thousands of employees, the majority of whom are women who are not exploited laborers, and therefore it is not fair to say that the company is misogynist. There's no leap in logic except for the one that you made when you took my statement completely out of context and arbitrarily replaced the words "American Apparel" with the words "Dov Charney."

Also, the ad is a fake.

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If Dov is paying his workers so much and giving them benefits how come this does not improve the quality of their work?

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Oh god, I can't joke about this after all. Someone get that man actual numbers and shit. I would say that he should volunteer at a women's shelter, but I hardly think that the women needing the shelter should be forced to deal with this asshole. Gah.

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It's nice to know you can take money out of an asshole's pocket that easily.

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I, for one, wish I could give all of my cash/influence to cruelty-free farmers, municipal symphonies, and webcomics (instead of Manhattan landlords and student loans).

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