Make them choose between Lefty MaCaca and the LEFT!... It serves them right!... :)
Posted on 02/04/2008 7:29:15 PM PST by Perdogg
Gotta insure cheap labor so we can keep making a profit...
Certainly very curious use of photos - almost as if they don't *want* you to recognize who you are voting for.
Dear McCain supporters—the “open borders” supporters love your candidate!
Make them choose between Lefty MaCaca and the LEFT!... It serves them right!... :)
so it seems like American Apparel likes cheap uneducated labor. Or maybe they’re just mindless haters who enjoy being invaded, conquered and colonized.
Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal, Canada) is the founder and CEO of American Apparel ("AA"), a clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer.[snip]
Charney has taken a personal interest in his company's sexually-charged advertising campaigns. Many of the models are recruited by Charney and his colleagues on the street, or company stores; others are selected after sending their photos directly to Charney via the company website.[3] Many of the intimate ad photos have been shot in Charney's own apartment. A handful feature him in suggestive poses with the models.[citation needed] Rob Walker of The New York Times Magazine describes a "raw and vaguely decadent style" of the ads,[14] which are placed on blogs and other non-mainstream outlets such as free weekly newspapers, art and fashion journals, and other non-mainstream media such as Vice Magazine.[3]
Charney has also emphasized sexuality in his public persona and within the company. For a profile in The New Yorker magazine, he took the writer to a local strip club to conduct T-shirt fittings using the dancers.[10] In a video posted on the company website, Charney walked across his factory floor modeling a pair of men's briefs for his employees[15]. In the context of an ongoing series of conversations about sexuality with Jane Magazine, Charney masturbated on a number of occasions in front of the writer and staged a sexual encounter with an American Apparel employee.[16][17][18].
The New York Times Magazine suggests that Charney is the contemporary equivalent of Hugh Hefner in the 1950s, in pushing against cultural norms to promote a kind of popular hedonism that sexualizes "the girl next door".[3][19] Charney claims the sexual openness is appropriate to the company's Generation Y demographic,[20][21] which he calls "Young Metropolitan Adults",[3] and the fashion business.[22] Charney's advertisements have been praised within the fashion and advertising industries[23][24] Adult entertainment trade magazine Adult Video News cited the American Apparel website[25] as "one of the finer softcore websites going."[26]
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The Jane Magazine story set off a small firestorm of criticism, particularly in the blogosphere.[27] There were three subsequent lawsuits from former employees charging Charney with sexual harassment. [28]Two of the suits were settled out of court in 2005; the complaint of Mary Nelson, a former employee in American Apparel's sales department, remains pending as of 2007.[2] Charney is also accused of conducting job interviews in his underwear and giving employees vibrators. [29] In response to allegations of sexual harassment, American Apparel now requires all employees to sign a disclaimer acknowledging, among other things, the sexually-charged nature of its products and advertisements.[3]
They can’t even get history right. In the early 50’s, over 5 decades ago, President Eisenhower’s defense secretary nominee, “Engine” Charlie Wilson from GM said: “What’s good for the country is good for GM, and vise versa”.
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