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- nema
american apparel
alstyle
optima
AAA
gildan
fruit of the loom
hanez
jerseezany opinions on who i should work with? thanks in advance.
- jevad0
NOT american apparel
thank you
- rasko40
I think jerzeez are probably the most 'correct'.
but yeah please dont use american apparel, whatever you read about labor is horseshit, the guy is a perve fucktard and the tees shrink after one wash.
- usrper0
i hate aa too, but coulnd't find strong facts to backup my theory, and link to how/why he is a perv/liar?
- lowimpakt0
because the guardian says so.
- tkmeister0
melissa is a ho
- rasko40
Behind the Brand
http://www.brandchannel.com/feat…AA’s founder Dov Charney recently said, “I think [being sweatshop-free] is a secondary appeal and I'm getting a little bored with it myself. I’m de-emphasizing it” (Los Angeles Business Journal, May 2004).
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The best part of AA’s socially responsible image is that it is really just a big red herring when it comes to the brand’s success. There are numerous clothing brands that identify themselves exclusively as sweatshop free or some such thing. Two notable ones are SweatX and No Sweat, neither of which boasts anything near AA’s success. (The SweatX online store was closed “temporarily” at publication time.) It would be surprising to learn that even 25 percent of AA customers know about any sweatshop free stance.
---------"Dov Charney is a wanker who masturbates in front of a reporter while being interviewed and sexually exploits his employees. This is not a guy to be applauded.
When does he start parading his male employees around half naked and have sex with them? You guys commenting about the busty women ad for American Apparel: why don't you apply for the job of jerking off Dov? I hear it pays well.
[20] Posted by: Hear this | December 29, 2004 08:38 PM"
Having modeled for AA in the past, I can tell you Dov is a very lecherous man. Sure they take care of the factory workers (I applaud that), but he does treat his admin/models like shit if the girl isn't taken by him. It saddens me to see this happening and nothing be said. Everyone looks at it as a new form of feminism and bullshit like that, but alot of these girls are given jobs and put in the catalog because of past or present sexual relationships with Dov. I know of a few girls including myself that have taken our issues up with Dov only to be dismissed like it was nothing. Dov cares about pussy, not his employees. And yes, he does whip his penis out
[21] Posted by: Past AA model | January 28, 2005 12:55 PM
- lowimpakt0
seriously though. go organic if you're using cotton. try and avoid everyone on that list
- horton0
you already know my picks; FoL and Gildan.
Gildan apparently have some new environmental policies in place:
- lowimpakt0
i had to put together a presentation for the fashion and textiles industry recently. It was depressing. Apart from the exploitation and systematic poisoning of a impoverished underclass of mainly migrant workers within the natural fibre production system, the general end-consumer and environment is being poisoned at each stage of the life cycle. There is the bizarre situation in many countries where many textile manufacturers find that any trimmings or cut off from their product process is classified as hazardous waste (which they cannot landfill or incinerate) even though they can can still sell the textile to be used in the production of clothes that you and i wear for ten hours a day.
anyway, i could go into detail but fuck that eh!!
- QuincyArcher0
i saw a daily show bit that made fun of AA's advertising.
They showed a male model photoshopped so it looked like he was screwing a goat. I thought it was hilarious because i so hate AA's advertising.
- MeMeYou0
Shit we use AA.
Never knew the guy was such a Cocker Spaniel.
They are cheap as chips though, and send very quickly, (We sent a order on the 20th of Dec and arrived on the 23 of Dec to New Zealand)
- nema0
horton,
what about the snowboard companies you have worked with? did they mostly work thru FoL and Gildan?
- horton0
lots of the bigger companies just make their own now.
you get one parent company collecting tee orders for 5 different sub-brands and that's a shitload of tees.
then you can pick your own die colors, jersey knits, and knock whatever brand fits best.
- nema0
and any opinions on retagging or reprinting a tag?
- derek20050
i love AAA
- clifton0
aa tees do shrink and the dude is a perv, though they are fitted unless you are working with really large orders its tuff to go outside of the list you posted...does anyone know a name or two of companies that make custom tees for purchasing?
for the little start ups its not so easy to make your own tees. so you are stuck in a corner with the AAs and the gildans of the world.
- krez0
Check out The Apparel Agent. I bought a bunch of tees from them. Their customer service leaves something to be desired and don't expect them to turn your order around on a dime, but their shirts are REALLY nice. Fitted, like aa, super soft -- not as many color options but not as expensive either. Made in the USA too. Frankly I'm surprised more people haven't heard of them.
- nema0
seems too revolved around women's products and less selection for men's products