Dov Charney out at AA

ironkurtin

I know Dov Charney (not ot mention his company's visual focus) was super creepy, but Forbes has an interesting article on some of his better business practices:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/pa.....-good-the-

11 years ago

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April

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I heard on the radio this morning that he was out. I know he was a big battler of sweatshop practices, but I can't say I'm sorry he's gone. Maybe their advertising will become less horrifying and I can actually shop there.

Maybe.

11 years ago

abc

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Sign you travel way too much for work: you see AA and think American Airlines.

Typed as I am sitting on an AA plane in DFW

11 years ago

Ledonna N.

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Yes I heard about him on NPR This company was for obvious reasons not a fan of the plus size. Besides he was a tad NASTY.

11 years ago

Janet

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I can't decide whether he or Terry Richardson skeeves me out more.

11 years ago

Diana

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Huh. Interesting. I refuse to shop at AA because of him.

11 years ago

Laura (rhubarbgirl)

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I figured you meant Alcoholics Anonymous!

I've never shopped at American Apparel. American manufacturing is all well and good, but the sexual harassment and the creepy ads are an automatic nope for me.

11 years ago

annagybe

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I remember way back when they first started and were all about non-sweatshirt labor made in the USA. I loved it then. But then he went off the rails.

11 years ago

kkards

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honestly, it took a lot longer for them to get rid of him than i thought.....but that said, it will be interseting to see if the company survives without him. apparenetly there is some question on regarding the companies current line of credit.

11 years ago

Echo

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I will be interested to know if we ever hear what "for cause" was. He IS creepy, the ads are creepy (and soft-porn-ish) and the website photos are creepy. I have always refused to even consider shopping there because of it, but forcing out the founder of a company is not to be taken lightly. They put up with his skeeviness for years, so SOMETHING changed. I am just curious of what else (besides being disgusting) he is guilty of.

11 years ago

kkards

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Echo, I believe what ultimately got him canned was the financial state of the company. Sales were down, profits non existent, and the stock price was a joke.

11 years ago

Adelfa

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I never knew about the ads till I moved to a big city. I see them on my commute. Yuck.

11 years ago

gradfashionista

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The Guardian had a few articles on him, including one by a journalist who interviewed him while he masturbated in front of her. The issues of AA raise critical questions about sexualization of women and advertising (why is it unacceptable for a naked adolescent woman with a post-coital expression to model cotton socks, but acceptable for a naked adolescent woman to model lingerie?), but ultimately, yuck.

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