Oh well:
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Do you know that the MUNI drivers union is suing us again because they didn’t get every last thing on their wishlist in arbitration?
It’s true.
*Look at that dark upper left corner – 1/8000 of a second. Pray for the shutter on my Canon 5D. Born: 2005, Oita City, Kyushu, Japan. Dying: 2012, San Francisco, California USA
Someday, MUNI will reject an American Apparel ad…
As seen heading down Market:
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Andrew Dudley of the Haighteration blog has a heck of a gallery of the infamous American Appareal MUNI bus shelter ad what’s on the corner of Haight and Pierce.
Check it:
The eternal sunshine of the spotless American Apparel ad.
Wow. Talk about fast fashion - this thing changes every day.
Now here’s the cleanest copy I have, sent in by a Gentle Reader:
Credit Anonymous (or just tell me how to credit this if you want me to change it – muchas!). Click to expand.
Personally, I think this whole charade is welcomed by the American Apparel.
Personally.
(To wit, a bunch of American Apparellers are, once again, following this morning’s 415 drama from down in Los Angeles. It looks like this:
| Domain Name | americanapparel.net (Network) | |
| IP Address | 66.151.52.# (American Apparel) |
AA just loooooooves this kind of stuff, IMO.)
Anyway, here’s my contribution, from a little while back:
I don’t have a clean image of this erbiquitous American Apparel bus stop ad campaign that’s all over the SFMTA’s MUNI property these days, but you probably already know what it looks like.
Anyway, this particular advertisement on the south side of Haight, around Steiner IIRC, was turning heads over the weekend.
See? It’s the most arresting ad in the world!
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I can explicate with a close-up shot, but only after the jump, as this is a family blog (more or less).
I don’t have a clean image of this erbiquitous American Apparel bus stop ad campaign that’s all over the SFMTA’s MUNI property these days, but you probably already know what it looks like.
Anyway, this particular advertisement on the south side of Haight, around Steiner IIRC, was turning heads over the weekend.
See?
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I can explicate with a close-up shot, but only after the jump, as this is a family blog (mas o menos).
I’ll tell you, when your stock price goes from $15 per share all the way down to less than the cost of a BK Buck Double, you’ve got to start worrying about one of them shareholder derivative class action lawsuits.
As here, today, in the 415, where the San Francisco law office of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP right there at 580 California Street has just announced such a suit.
What’s the beef? Well:
“…the Company failed to disclose and misrepresented the following material adverse facts which were known to defendants or recklessly disregarded by them: (1) that they had made “diligent efforts” to comply with labor and employment regulations, when in fact they had not done so; (2) that they failed to disclose to investors, and made false statements regarding facts surrounding the Company’s illegal hiring practices and its effect on the Company’s operating costs and margins; (3) that they failed to disclose or indicate that the Company lacked adequate internal and financial controls; (4) that they failed to disclose that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company’s financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times; and (5) that they failed to disclose that, as a result of the foregoing, their statements regarding the Company’s prospects were false and misleading at all relevant times.”
Uh oh. Is this the beginning of the end for those sexy, NSFW, ubiquitous and risque Internet ads?
Possibly. First, all that trouble down in the Mission, and now this.
All the deets, after the jump
Upper Haight, that is. American-made tops on sale, $5 each – that will bring out the shoppers. Remember, Haight Ashbury is a just a short ride away from La Mission, where’s there’s no AA, none at all. ]
Land office business today in teh 94117:
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American Apparel, is there anything you can’t do?
Oh, you people in the Mission District have been waiting for this. Just get some ID and something that has your name and address on it showing you live in the 94110 (or somewhere close enough to give you a colorable claim of Missionite status) and then hop on your polluting moped to get over to any of the three remaining American Apparels. Then demand your 25% discount on anything in the store until March 15, 2009
Forget the controversy, just get yourself some new clothes. Joaquin Phoenix would want you to, and plus, you’ve earned it, baby!
Another iconic advertisement. Don’t click to expand:
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Cow Hollow
2174 Union |
(415) 440-3220 | |
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Haight Ashbury
1615 Haight |
(415) 431-4028 | |
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Union Square
363 Grant |
(415) 986-0388 |
Just one issue remains – what to put into the empty space at 998 Valencia? How about a Starbucks? The Mission is currently under-served by Amerikkka’s favorite purveyor of caffeinated beverages. See?
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Anyway, AA is open to suggestions. Think about it.
