Comments on: why i hate something: american apparel

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:46:54 +0000

Brian, I disagree.

Prada and Calvin Klein have also had racy ads.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:58:59 +0000

I refuse to ever buy any article of clothing from this store, no matter how comfortable and durable people claim for them to be. It really just is too much for a plain piece of fabric. But I must admit the majority of my animosity for this ridiculous company comes from the ads. Absolutely ridiculous. And don’t try to justify it by saying Prada, Calvin Klein, etc also have racy ads because atleast their models are attractive and are naked in classy ways.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:07:47 +0000

Christian, I love it!

American Apparel tees fit better, last longer, and are soaked in awesomesauce at the factory.

I think I’ll take a stroll by the vat of Awsomesauce for a whiff – I hear we’ve got a fresh batch.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:32:04 +0000

Speaking of T-Shirts, I like the new sponsor. I wanted to order that nintendo special character mystery coin block thing, but they are sold out. Ummm… maybe because they are AWESOME and only 4 dollars?!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:13:43 +0000

I think a shirt with a screenprinted pair of tits on it would be great. By beer #5, I’ll have another suggestion.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:51:10 +0000

Yep, all our shirts are American Apparel. We could reduce our blank-shirt cost by 50% by switching to Hanes, but for $15 a shirt should be quality. American Apparel tees fit better, last longer, and are soaked in awesomesauce at the factory.

Mike Bijon: Just being compared to BustedTees is totally awesome! Those guys are funny. Our company is just four months old and we only do about 1/30th of the business BT does right now, but we’ll catch up.

Charley Daniels: Totally! Submissions ar where it’s at. We love submissions like a D&D kid loves Mountain Dew and Funions.

By: Charley Daniels

Charley Daniels — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:00:16 +0000

Ehhh ... I'm not sure Busted Tees are funnier. It's close. Although, "You have died of dysentery" is pretty good. Maybe that's just nostalgia talking. They're more expensive, too. And Mike, Dirty Microbe accepts submissions. Only you can make them funnier than Busted.

By: Mike Bijon

Mike Bijon — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:48:38 +0000

Christian, but are your Dirty Microbe t-shirts printed on American Apparel T's, or those Hanes ones that fit Dave better? If your shirts are printed on Hanes or another brand no one thought to "grease" with advertising, what's your markup? BTW, Busted Teesare funnier.

By: Weblog Sin Pies » t-shirts, talk, and trick-or-treat

Weblog Sin Pies » t-shirts, talk, and trick-or-treat — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:51:18 +0000

[...] Boy, there’s some lively discussion going on in Dave’s American Apparel post. I only point this out because it’s essentially the liveliest discussion we’ve had since Sin Pies began, 150 posts ago. And, yes, 17 comments is a lot for one post on this site. We’re indie, man, INDIE! Come join the chit chat. Especially if you have an opinion about American Apparel T-shirts. Did I mention it’s completely lively? [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:44:23 +0000

Like tuna casserole?

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:22:43 +0000

Yeah, that’s capitalism for you. You take a product, grease it up with advertising, and slide it into the consumer’s shopping bag for ten times what it costs to make.

For what it’s worth, I work at Dirty Microbe, and we’ll sell you one for $15 with funny stuff on it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:52:31 +0000

Dear Charley,

I work in the giant pink factory in Downtown LA. They won’t let me sew so I work in their web department.

Kind regards,
Lisa

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:31:32 +0000

crap I mean Robert

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:30:57 +0000

I’m on my 5th day with this pair of jeans. I wish I was drunk 5 days in a row.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:36:02 +0000

Pip (I mean Robert), I agree. In these days of impending nuclear holocaust, there is nothing more fetching than a woman willing to wear the same t-shirt for days on end. Cause I mean, all your other shit could be burnt up right? Are these American Apparel T’s nuke proof? That might justify their higher prices. And I’ll have you know that my buck was not well-spent at AA. I’m still a complete drunk and all I got was this crummy t-shirt. You say there is a “magical formula” used for pricing and that a lot of “factors” come into play. By factors in this magical formula do you mean elves and dragons and such, or are we just talking about the run-of-the-mill white witchery? So you don’t use professional models heh? I may see a new career opportunity opeining up. How do you feel about shoulder hair?

By: Charley Daniels

Charley Daniels — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:26:17 +0000

What do you do at American Apparel, Lisa?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:08:41 +0000

Who isn’t?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:22:08 +0000

I’m in love with Lisa.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:22:03 +0000

I thank you, Dave, for kindly overlooking that offense and for offering your unconditional love to strangers.

Sure, we could sell ‘em for 10 bucks (and we do sell them for less than the retail price to our wholesale customers, who make up the bulk of our business) but in the world of retail, there is a magic formula used to come up with product pricing. There’s a lot of factors that come into play – the cost of retailing is high – setting up a store is a time-consuming, expensive investment, employees, rent, etc.. And you should sleep well at night knowing that your buck spent with AA is a well-spent one, going towards giving our garments workers a good wage as opposed to some expensive marketing campaign and professional models (we do neither).

And hey, we’re trying to make a buck, too.

It sounds like you’re not a typical stick-skinny Silverlake hipster (I might be wrong of the last 2 descriptions), you might want to try the 50/50 or our new Tri-Blend track t-shirt. Since they’re a blend of cotton and other stuff, they’ve got a bit more give and I’m known to not take off the Tri-Blend for days on end..

By: Charley Daniels

Charley Daniels — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:16:00 +0000

Skinny, hairless chested, androgynous man-boys.

Dave: 1
Us: 0