Comments on: A Sexy Combo

By: creth95

creth95 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:52:33 +0000

Oh yes!!! I love American Apparel! So cute and comfy. Great prices too.

Putting on my bitch-hat now:
Honestly people, if you can’t stand to look at their catalog (or porn for that matter), quit bitching about it and exercise your right to JUST NOT LOOK AT IT. It’s called moving on. Try it.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:59:19 +0000

Dov Charney is disgusting.

By: Weebitty

Weebitty — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:59:32 +0000

Ditto to the icky feeling inside about Dov–as well as the kiddie porn quality of their ads.

Here’s a great alternative: http://www.alternativeapparel.com/

Although neither company really shows the love they should for the curvy girls…wah!

By: nan

nan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:10:01 +0000

well I just want to say the hitatchi magic wands are the bomb!

By: disappointed

disappointed — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:25 +0000

Their clothes may be comfortable, but their paternalism and workplace lechery give me a rash! I look forward to the day when we progressives stop confusing sex-positivity with a blase attitude toward workplace harassment and lack of boundaries. Dov Charney has been sued more times for sexual harassment than the guy who created Girls Gone Wild (see http://clamormagazine.org/issues/38/aa/straub.php).

This post made me sad.

By: feygele

feygele — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:44:49 +0000

I’m a long time fan of your comedy, and a long time reader of your blog (I think as long as it’s been up?) and this seriously saddens me. I expected you, an amazingly sex positive voice, to speak out against American Apparels’ sex damaging practices. Too often this chain is applauded (yay for sweat shop free!) to the point of ignoring all other issues (their workshops aren’t great, they union bust, and you can read many an article on how they have treated their employees horribly). For more information, check out any of the many articles here or here. (And if you, or your readers, are wondering why you haven’t heard of these issues before, as many of the articles mention – journalists have been sued by AA for “libel” when writing about these issues, as the company tried to keep it off the radar.)

I expected more from you.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:41:07 +0000

I love American Apparel’s clothes (a lot!), but I’m really conflicted over the things that I’ve read about Dov Charney. The articles that I’ve read about him in magazines and on Jezebel make me incredibly angry, which in turn makes me conflicted about buying his products. I’ve started looking for alternatives. Have you read any of this? What do you think?