R.I.P. American Apparel

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  • dbloc
  • nb9

    Gildan spokesman Garry Bell said of the announcement, “This was always about buying assets out of bankruptcy,” Bell said. “The reality is this wasn’t a purchase of an ongoing concern, nor worthy of its own thread on QBN."

  • shellie0

    I'm not surprised. Did any of you listen to Dov Charney's few episode arc on the latest season of Statup by Gimlet Media? It's fuckin crazy man. https://gimletmedia.com/show/sta…

    I thought he was disgusting always. But I really like his style. I'm looking forward to store closing sales though. They had nice shit.

    In other news, I buy mostly canadian owned Guildan for screen printing purposes. So it's kinda funny they bought that heap of junk to scrap it. Or IDK, bargain bin it.

    • wow, that's a long interviewdbloc
    • I'll have to listen while I work.dbloc
    • I know it's a personal choice, but gildan is usually seen as raspy and too thick, Check out Anvil / Next Level / Bella canvas or Alt Apparel for better qualityMiguex
    • all of them cheaper than AA too..
      :)
      Miguex
    • @miguex I sometimes go bella, but i like to use wash houses for chemical distressing and dying so a white guilden is a better place to startshellie
    • In those cases bella/canvas is too thin. Reactive, Direct, Pigment Dye, and Distress Dye, Enzyme, Stone and Silicone Wash ever tried it?shellie
    • I buy white in the cheapest bulk and dye, distress and soften to my desired texture. You can do washes and dyes by the pound.shellie
    • Next Level is the new AAdbloc
  • teh0

    Glad Amazon stayed away from them. They have a bad image. Carry on!

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    • Amazon have a good image?detritus
    • ^ Of course. Look at their stock.teh
  • shellie0

    IDK what their profit margin breakdowns looked like, but it always seemed ridiculously overpriced for staple pieces. The locations in which soft goods are made services a tiny market that cares (people obsessed with Made in USA and even smaller Made in LA). The rest are concerned about their budget, and how the hell they're going to get a reasonably priced pullover. I never really got how it would work long term after the buzz of young hipsters with disposable incomes wore off and they were left holding all those brick and mortar stores.

    In the screen printing world, you know if you're using American Apparel it would eat a dick softening bite into your profit margin come retail time. But, you could at least say "it's American Apparel" until that stopped swaying buyers.

    • in regards of the retail comment, it only eats into your profit margin if you don't price accordingly, there are plenty of known brands out there still using AAMiguex
    • besides that, is still in the top 5 choices for top quality blanks, regardless of trendy people liking or not, quality is still top notchMiguex
    • I print band merch. Anything priced over $30 is a no go. But on my prev post i replied re blanks. I chemically prices them. Turns out better than AA or knock ofshellie
    • *processshellie
    • Im also behind the merch table often so I'm selling hand to hand. Just speaking on my experience.shellie
    • There was also the market of ppl who wanted just plain clothes in specific colors for outfits and costumes.sarahfailin
  • shellie0

    I did pick up a nice jacket from there for 75% off yesterday. The closing sale is pretty awesome.

  • vero_vandal0

    Wasn't the guy a misogynist and made sexual advances towards his female employees? LMFAO... great way to run a company, regardless of your "grass roots, I'm for the little guy" BS marketing concept. H AHA