Comments on: Reasons American Apparel Sucks (NSFW)

By: Current Obsessions « SASS & THE CITY

Current Obsessions « SASS & THE CITY — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:23:05 +0000

[...] firmly believe that American Apparel is evil, but I cannot take off my circle scarf. It is so wonderfully cozy and versatile. I also blame AA [...]

By: I Support Sweatshops « Kristen Mozian

I Support Sweatshops « Kristen Mozian — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:21:16 +0000

[...] everything is OK, but American Apparel is not picture perfect with sexual harassment lawsuits and sexist advertisements. Wherever you stand on the issue, clothing companies that give proceeds to charities without regard [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:47:37 +0000

As far as sexual ads go I actually prefer AA’s ads vs super airbrushed supermodels in every fashion magazine in the world. Now AA’s could be airbrushed too but at least they look like humans.

Still, I sound like an apologist and presexualization is extremely harmfull and sexist and I’d prefer if our society (including me) were far less accepting of it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:44:39 +0000

I started wearing AA before they had stores or advertising because they made shirts that look good on tall skinny people in the USA with no slave labor.

I’m sorry but I’ll take the overtly sexual ads over slave labor any day.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:43:43 +0000

What many of the men here lack comprehension of is the fact that feminists are not being anti-sex, they are being anti-sexploitation. And this is a completely reasonable argument, as it is the very foundation of why so many young girls dumb themselves down and act like mindless sex toys, in order to be ‘liked’ by others. I have never met a feminist who was anti-sex, but they do make an appeal toward reason when it comes to the expression of sexuality in popular media, that is, they ask that it be done tastefully! Meaning, a girl can be ‘sexy’ without taking all her clothing off or acting like a mindless, cross eyed anime school girl. The feminist asks us to stop associating sexuality with stupidity, and to start associating it with intelligence. I understand that some degree of physical attractiveness is important too, but the feminist is only saying that if physical attraction is the ONLY attribute, then the womans sexuality is only skin deep. This basically over-simplifies women and makes them seem two dimensional. The feminist asks that we encourage the expression of women in the media as full developed three dimensional, psychologically complex beings. Is that so much to ask? We really don’t need jerks like MrX trying to kill the messenger by calling them prudish or puritanical. Obviously this person completely misses the mark.

By: Racheel

Racheel — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:19:46 +0000

I completely agree. There is a big difference between using sex in music videos and in ads. I like some pieces of AA, but their ads? God, I would never go into one of their shops. Looks like a porn shop. Neither would I shop on their sites. Sex sells and a bit of sexy is fine, but I really don’t want random -jailbait-looking- girls shoving their ass in my face. Really? If some racy video of Rihanna comes on tv, I’ll switch to another channel, easy as that. If I want to buy clothes at AA? Can’t switch away those rape-looking ads. When I’m walking down the street and see those ads? Sure I’ll turn away but by then I’ve already seen them. I wish these all-loving-hippies would stfu and accept that there ARE limitations to what they can show on tv and in magazines. And yes, I don’t agree with the over-use of sex on tv either, that doesn’t mean we can’t discuss AA. That’s like saying ‘You can’t complain about not liking spinach, kids in africa don’t have any food at all’. Oh oke, first we’ll feed africa and get rid of ALL the sex-crap on tv and then we can finally bitch about AA and not liking spinach. Somehow they can make soft-porn ads and we can’t complain about them? If you want to see someone push their ass in your face, go look online for porn and go look in porn magazines. In clothes magazines and on tv, I do not want to see anyones boobs or ass. Nor would I want my lil young sister to see these ads when I am out shopping with her. ‘It;s your own responsibility if your child/sibling watches rihanna or christina aguilera on tv’. Yeh you’re right there, I don’t let any kids watch tv anymore. But who’s responsible for what they see outside? Next time I’ll ductape her eyes just so YOU pervs can enjoy seeing an AA ad of a girl in her underwear licking some guys crotch :) That’s an actual ad, google it. Sorry but sex and violence should have no place in ads or outside where children might see it and MOST normal decent people dislike it. If you watch it on tv or buy a magazine, that’s your OWN choice.

By: American Apparel Strikes Again « Québécoise Féministe

American Apparel Strikes Again « Québécoise Féministe — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:14:31 +0000

[...] Si ce n’était que les stars pornos.. seulement American Apparel ne cesse le marketing à base de jeunes filles à moitiés nues, qui ont souvent l’air d’avoir 13 ou 14 ans. Serait-on face à de la pornographie juvénile? En réalité, sûrement pas. Mais ne me dites pas que ces images ne vous évoque pas du tout la pédophilie: Images du site Rotten Little Girls. [...]

By: Ariadne

Ariadne — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:13:14 +0000

Ummm… I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but you can see the tip of his d*ck. How the hell did they get away with that? That is disgusting.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:51:43 +0000

Okay, all you dudes saying that this is liberating and empowering to women:

Here’s the thing, yeah, a mini skirt can be empowering, but it depends on who put who in the mini skirt to begin with and why. It’s not as simple as “anything goes these days.” And so what if this article isn’t about the world’s biggest problem in regards to media/society degrading women? Until we address the smaller things, nothing is going to get done and your shitty attitudes of women will still remain.

I’m so sick of you clowns thinking you “get it.” Go wear your TOMS and pretend like you’re making a difference in the world.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:15:03 +0000

American Apparel’s ads are just disgusting beyond words. Bullshit to those who say it’s not pornographic but art. I’m just sickened that a clothing store aimed at young women have ads like these. It’s equally disgusting that our culture thrives on sex in order to sell stuff and that women and men models are treated like pieces of eye candy instead of people. On top of that those who run this are so blind or don’t care the outcome of the message their selling: That women are submissive sex objects.

Though I think they can’t sink lower in their clothing line than their micro mesh. Really? Really?! I bet it’s the company’s owner just demands these kinds of photos JUST because he wants them for his own sick private collection. I mean honestly…..What is this company trying to sell? The clothes or the models? I hope this store goes under.