American Apparel sold

[aspriel]

American Apparel, the casual clothing chain whose socially conscious manufacturing, sexually charged advertising and snug-fitting T-shirts have generated a cultlike following, will be sold to a little-known investment firm for $382.5 million, according to people briefed on the matter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/bu...rssnyt&emc=rss

 

[Jovan]

... yeah, the brand will be utterly ruined if that's true.

 

[DNW]

Mr. Charney has gained a reputation as the Hugh Hefner of retailing, decorating his stores with covers of Penthouse magazine and admitting in interviews to sleeping with employees. In lawsuits filed in 2005, several employees charged him with creating a work environment in which women did not feel safe.

They claimed in the lawsuits, for example, that Mr. Charney conducted job interviews in his underwear and gave a vibrator to at least one female worker. Mr. Charney has denied the charges, and judges have dismissed some of the lawsuits against him.

This guy lives what he preaches.

In any case, AA will probably be sold to Nike in a few years anyway.

 

[ghostdeini]

never bought into the whole AA thing when they first came on the scene. once every hipster type latched on, I distanced myself further

 

[Kent Wang]

I really like their advertising and the design of their stores.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

i regret not buying a little smutty photo book they were selling at the AA store in little tokyo, los angeles. i think it was work by a photographer responsible for a lot of the shoots for their ads. but with nudes.

:bangs head against desk:

 

[Joffrey]

I dont care for their advertising but I just bought some v-necks and like them. More power to the guy too

 

[Arethusa]

Originally Posted by Jovan

... yeah, the brand will be utterly ruined if that's true.
Will be?

 

[Max]

Coked out post-coital hipster chicks? I'll pass.

 

[Arethusa]

Originally Posted by Max

Chicks? I'll pass.
Fixed.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

This guy lives what he preaches.

In any case, AA will probably be sold to Nike in a few years anyway.
I sat at a table with him at a dinner function one time. Odd guy, clearly had ADHD or similar-type issues (in my totally superficial, uninformed non-expert opinion, of course)

 

[Bandwagonesque]

Originally Posted by Arethusa

Fixed.

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