Celebrating Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary, American Apparel the California-based clothing company will release a “limited-edition”  t-shirt that will feature line drawings of Jim Henson’s characters.

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I’m pretty sure I knew nothing about clothing brands when I was 8. But this week this letter from little Miranda O’Brien of Argonne Elementary School popped up on American Apparel’s Twitter feed.

Too soon?

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Olga Kurylenko looks like a fierce, Austin Powers secret agent-esque version of an American Apparel ad. Give me a metallic jumpsuit any day of the week, but what I’m really concentrating on here are the accessories. Can I get hooked-up quick with a gold handgun, black crystal-studded cuffs and some huge, elaborate chokers? Ellen von Unwerth did a great job of capturing the action element in these photos, even though it was probably minimal in reality. I can only imagine how much Dov Charney is loving this spread.

GALLERY: Olga Kurylenko for German GQ Shot by Ellen von Unwerth

Thanks to Egotastic! for the photos.

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Jezebel has a very informative article on what American Apparel, and Dov Charney, have been doing to forgo this recession.

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A sweatshop free China?  That’s the vision that Dov Charney has as he plans to move American Apparel’s production from downtown Los Angeles to the land of the rising sun.

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Word on street is that American Apparel is laying off hundreds to deal with the shitty economy. Add to that the fact that The Charnmiester is getting sued up the schuptza and well you have a pretty good recipe for shit pie.

Sucks to be you.

Source The Cut

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In Part Three of her wide-ranging interview, American Apparel CEO Dov Charney rants about the company, the consumer and the secret to retail success. Fave quote: “The Gap is NOT sexy.”

Thanks The Street

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Risky business is Dennis Chotenovsky specialty, yet his use of nudity is tasteful compared to that creep Dov Charny.

For more from Dennis Chotenovsky be sure to check out his website here!

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By now everyone who knows online fashion should know who the infamous Tavi is. For those of you who don’t, she is a cute little 12 year old girl who blogs about her daily fashion choices. Her blog is Style Rookie.

She is hip, she is cool, and it is no surprise that more people are trying to ride her coat tail to success. Caroline the Hipster is one particular character who is trying to be her own little version of Tavi, and I am completely serious that her blog, video, music, and website in general makes me want to jab railroad spikes into my eyes and hang myself with fishing line. You may that think this is a bit much, but she is an embarrassment to the fashion world, and possibly even the hipster nation (yeah, it’s so bad that I feel bad for hipsters).

Everything Tavi has done, this girl has negated it. She is a self proclaimed hipster from Upstate New York, who gives tips on a lifestyle she doesn’t even seem to know anything about. She even goes so far as saying her dream goal is to model for American Apparel, and more or less name drops the company every other sentence that comes out of her mouth. Caroline, it’s really bad when you are giving a company that much publicity and Dov Charney still wants nothing to do with you!

I am done giving this girl undeserving press, and I hope everyone reading this, after watching the video, is just as angry as I am right now. I would love for Caroline to comment or e-mail me or something, so I can figure out how much I have to pay her to never write or videotape herself again. So Caroline if you’re out there my e-mail is corey@fashionindie.com.

Thank God for Tavi and every other good blog out there, because this girl almost just caused me to pack up all my shit and leave the fashion industry.

This is the first and last time I ever link to you Scandalishious so live it up.

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Woke up this morning realizing how tired I am of Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano and Anna Wintour.

They always seem to be playing over-acted versions of themselves. It was endearing at first, almost an expected outcome of the over-indulgent nature of fashion types, but I think that their time has come and is now quickly fleeting. Karl can’t eat a proper meal for fear of tipping the scales and reverting back to his fatty days and Winnie is quickly getting trumped by her children and Ann Slowley in the “ones to give a damn about” department. So here’s my short list of those I think might be the next favorite characters of fashion.

Add you’re own picks in the comments section and we’ll try to keep track.

Christian Siriano – His royal fierceness, if only anyone will pay attention.  Runway is done, but wasn’t he the most interesting character the show has had since the days of that greasy Rasputin looking dude?  I just hope he doesn’t become a cliche as quickly as he’s become relevant.

Tyra Banks - She was Sasha before Beyonce was Sasha and she continues to play young Oprah to a tee. Hopefully the model won’t lose any steam as she continues to fuel a generation of big bootied fashionistas.  Plus, she’s donned a fat suit. What’s not to like?

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Jeremy Scott - Former drugettes make for great fashion people. His celebrity connections help, but Jeremy is forming a strong posse of media friends and publicists which seem to keep this droopy eyed inmate in the spotlight. Hopefully a downward spiral is in his future, cause you know how we all enjoy a little tragedy with our couture.

Henry Holland - Starting to look like the male version of Agyness Deyn, but still a character to watch, his parties are getting as much attention as his collections and that’s what makes a mere fashion designer a future icon.

You Wish You Were This Coked Up.

Olivier Zahm – Vincent Gallow’s Love Child/Editor of Purple Magazine takes the cake for people we would enjoy spending a Saturday night with and his recent relocation to New York will ensure he continues catching the glare of the paparazzi. Hopefully his legendary attitude won’t let us down.

The Long Lost Member of Gogol Bordello?

Dov Charney - You know you loathe him, but that’s what makes him so much fun.

Andre J - No one can pull off a gown better than this towering Amazon. The beard screams “Look at Me Bitches” while the attitude yells “NOW PAY ATTENTION”. I can’t get enough.

Leigh Lezark – Party Gothic finally has a heroine. Plus she is quite literally the only good thing that came out of that Misshapes thing a few years back. 

Terry Richardson –  Lumberjack shirt + Full Frontal Nudity + Pocket Camera = Instant Icon.

Merlin Bronques (or whatever he’s calling himself these days) – THE ONLY NIGHTLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO … lately. He’s ditched the wig and now seems to be playing a hipster Clark Kent. His photos are still better wanking fodder than most of the porn on the web and he’s finally going mainstream!!!  If you don’t know him, you better take note.

READ MORE ABOUT: Agyness Deyn, Anna Wintour, christian siriano, DOV CHARNEY, henry holland, Jeremy Scott, john galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, leigh lezark, purple magazine, terry richardson, tyra banks

Isn't Zooey an It Woman by now?

So Nylon recently came out with a list of things to do if you want to be an “It Girl” for their October issue dedicated to the subject. Among the options, dating a rocker, being under 20 years old, and being the spawn of a celebrity made the list according to Jezebel. We’ve got our own thoughts on what it takes to be an “It Girl” but we must warn all that accomplishing all these might just get you an STD and a trip to rehab.

1. Crave a Shit Load of Attention. It’s the attention your parents never gave you cause they were too busy sniffing coke off of Fareah Fawcett’s ass during your quarterly P.T.A meetings. It’s the attention you crave when you hit the strip without a pair of coochy covers on. It’s the attention that makes you look sad enough to give up a “make me feel good” fuck to the first guy who looks your way. Believe me, guys are looking.

2. Suck Cock. Actually Suck a Shit Load of Cock. Like “Porn Star Trying To Break A Guinness World Record” Level Cock Sucking. Former geeky high school boys will pay attention to you if you do. The same boys who have no social life and a shit load of time to snap photos of people (rather than actually party with them) at clubs. The same boys who know HTML and aren’t afraid to blog it. The same boys who will upload your photos making you an “It Girl”. Doing so will guarantee Cory Kennedy fame within two face blasts. Be sure to avert your eyes.

Harley Viera Newton can It Girl. Can You?

3. Drink. A Lot. Drunk chicks dance, are loud as fuck, and get noticed at clubs. You should reek of alcohol every morning and wake up with random sploodge in your hair from all the photographers you blew the night before. (See tip number 2)

4. While You’re Drinking Snort Some Coke. Or Ecstasy. Or Heroin. Or Pixie Sticks. Seriously, drugs make you really, really, really cool. If you’ve been to rehab and you aren’t even old enough to vote you’re on the right track.

5. Look Like Jailbait. Or Better Yet, Be Jailbait. Underage girls get paparazzi and hipster photographers hotter than a 70% off sale at Urban Outfitters. Wax off all signs of pubescent hair and be sure to be slutty enough to get their attention but not slutty enough to seem like you know what your doing. A woman who’s actually capable of seducing someone freaks hipster photographers out and they’ll just blow their load before they snap your photo.

Cory Knows How to Be an It Girl

6. Stalk Dov Charney, Merlin Bronques, Cobrasnake or any other hipster with a camera then repeat steps 1 -5.

7. Shop, Work, and/or Pick Up Your Drug Supply from American Apparel. Seriously.

8. You + A Celebrity’s Dong + Video Camera with Night Vision = Instant “It Girl” Status.

Nudity Helps. ALLOT!!!

9. Don’t Weigh More Than The Thinner Olsen. Better yet, acquire an eating disorder like bulemia, anorexia, or that weird one from Sex and the City where the guy chews food but doesn’t actually swallow it. It Girls must be a size two or zero in order to get noticed and slip in and out of prison bars when their arrested for drunk driving/drug possession/smuggling Canadians across the US border.

10. Be White. Seriously.

11. Attempt To Be Something More Than An Over-Glorified Attention Whore. Consider modeling, becoming a DJ, or creating a t-shirt line. All require absolutely no skill whatsoever and will guarantee you get even more attention.

12. Skip The Higher Education Route. It Girls don’t need to be smart. They just need to be dumb enough to follow all these rules to a tee. Skip the community college application (did you really think NYU is an option when the web is littered with your half-coked out party images?) and just enroll in the school of hard cocks knocks.

Peaches Geldof Can It Girl With a Full Stomach. Can You?

13. Realize That There Is Only ONE Media Outlet That Gives A Fuck About You. Seriously, if it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t exist so be sure to bend over backwards to appear on their Internet TV shows, support their yard sales, and pick up their dry cleaning while your at it.

Portia Freeman can do the It Girl. Can You?

14. Date Pete Doherty. Works everytime.

15. If All Else Fails There’s Always Lesbianism. It worked for Lindsay and it can work for you.

P.S. Before you all start claiming that I’m a woman hating, misogynistic, asshole let me state first and foremost that I am. If women want to accept a title that praises them for doing nothing more than dressing cute and getting photographed than they deserve to be shit on. If you truly believe in women’s empowerment then don’t support publications that insist on placing coked out, drunk whores on their covers, calling them “It Girls” or deeming their turds worthy of your attention. Let’s get real ladies.

On a side, if any of you want to be deemed “It Girls” by Fashion Indie, send us your photos and a small sentence on what the fuck you’ve done lately that makes you interesting. Dressing well helps (we are a fashion blog) but isn’t necessary. We’re looking for accomplishments like “Didn’t Drop Out of College”, “Just Hosted a Massively Cool Event”, or “Just Found a Cure for Male Pattern Pubic Baldness”. Send them to saynt@fashionindie.com and we’ll feauture you on the site.

Images from Gawker, Refinery29, and Nylon.

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I know I’ve been bitching about unoriginal Halloween costumes a lot, but ’tis the season to be judgmental. Before I go completely haywire, let me say that I have a soft spot for Dov Charney’s ridiculous metallic leggings and ultra comfortable dresses. What can I say, I’ve fallen into the trap. But I certainly don’t wear both together; it’s too much.

If you buy all of the pieces for your Halloween costume at one store, it probably sucks. Unless you go as my previous suggestion, garbage, all the components of a well thought out, creative costume wouldn’t be found in one place. Frankly, I don’t know if the peeps over at American Apparel are making a sick joke on their Web site, but I am positive most of the costumes look gross and overpriced. Who wants to drop $80 on a white tee and jeans that is only getting splattered with paint? And would you really buy a nude unitard for $32 and draw pubes all over it? Didn’t think so. If your costume requires a piece from this colorful outpost, by all means, go for it! But if buying an entire costume there is all you can come up with, you need to exercise your right brain.

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“See! That’s what a beautiful, intelligent woman wants, to go to dinner in a pair of pants that makes her look good. She’s on top of the fucking world. That’s what it’s all about. The pants! The pants! That’s all a beautiful woman wants! A pair of pants that takes her into a restaurant. She looks beautiful. She looks intelligent! She’s got a pair of pants! She’s on top of the world — and it’s the pants, the pants!”

Girls, are pants all we really want? Cuz I want a killer set of heals…

Thanks Jezebel

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Vice Fashion does it again with another Dov Charney feeling photoshoot, but I can’t help but feel that there is a bit more artistic value behind this shoot. The spread is called “T-shirts and the absence on T-shirts”, and I with the title this makes the images seem a bit more artistically focused. I love the photos and the focus on t-shirts. The photos were taken by Blossom Berkofsky, and can be seen in the upcoming Vice Fashion magazine.

Thanks Vice for the pictures.

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Well since her boob job Heidi Montag has just been slowly but surely heading down the Aubrey O’ Day path of slutiness. Her new video is just a moving American Apparel ad, and I don’t mean that in a good way, I mean it in a “Oh yes I want you to molest me Dov Charney” kind of way. The video is just a series of compromising positions. So much for being a christian artist, unless she wants to get fondled by a nun.

Thanks Just Jared for the liquid gold that are these pictures

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery than American Apparel is definitely loved my many. The brands signature ads have caused controversy for their borderline pornographic nature and have made Dov Charney  into the hipster Hugh Hefner of the new millennium.

We’re all about pushing the boundaries at Fashion Indie so we’re looking for your very best American Apparel farce ad. It can feature anything you want just so long as it’s in the American Apparel style. We’ll feature our favorite and send the winner two pairs of American Apparel undies. The more pornorific the better, just don’t get us in trouble with the FEDS.

Submit all photos to corey@fashionindie.com

First comes porn, then comes marriage.

Sexy kind-of…

I feel these might be actual ads?

Pretty sure The Dov is actually an ass

It’s ironic cause hipsters can’t fly.

thanks to trenddelacreme and buzzfeed for picts

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American Apparel is now selling the Hitachi Magic Wand (also known as the vibrator). I guess the market is trying to make vibrators accessible to 13 adolescent girls. Is this sex prevention or a push towards sexuality. Plus, what does Dov Charney know about the female body? Well, he has made money on ads featuring underage girls in weird positions. And the cameltoe must be familiar territory.

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Another day, another Dov Charney lawsuit from a female employee.

If he isn’t designing 1970’s inspired, fair-trade cotton clothing, then he’s running around the office making his employees feel uncomfortable, if he’s accomplished that for the day then he’s most likely sexual harassing the female population of his employees.

This time it’s Jeneleen Floyd, who worked at the company for three years-shouldn’t she get some kind of compensation for surviving that long?

You can find the complaint she filed with the courts here

But here’s are the highlights:

11. Defendant Charney repeatedly shouted to Plaintiff that she should be f**king scared” and that if she did not do what he asked, plaintiff needed to resign. Defendant Charney made several references to an interview he had conducted with Jane magazine wherein he had received oral sex from an employee during the course of the interview and the reporter had engaged in masturbation. Defendant Charney sat down and ordered Plaintiff to “pretend to masturbate.”

12. Plaintiff continued in a state of shock and terror and refused to respond in any manner to Defendant’s demands. In addition Plaintiff was extremely embarrassed and humiliated at being sexually objectified in the presence of her co-workers, including her immediate supervisor, Matthew Swenson.

13. After an extended pause waiting for Plaintiff to respond to his command, and realizing that she had no intentions of complying, Defendant Charney then ordered Mr. Swenson to “pretend to masturbate.” As Mr. Swenson complied with his Defendant Charney’s instruction, Defendant Charney moved next to him and simulated an oral sex act with him.

At this point don’t you know what you’re getting yourself into when you decided to work at American Apparel? What does that make, four or five lawsuits from female employees in the last four years? I don’t have any illusion that this lawsuit, just like the previous lawsuits, will stop Charney. See behavior like this not only cements the reputation of American Apparel as edgy, but cements Charney’s legend as the Larry Flynt of fashion. Which I’m sure he would take as a compliment.

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American Apparel has come up with an answer for why the Jew Yorker was featured on billboards for the sexually explicit brand, it was a joke.

The Daily News reports, “American Apparel is certainly not marketing their casual wear to Orthodox, black hat rabbis,” said the California company’s lawyer Stuart Slotnick.

The 72-year-old Allen says he never gave the company permission to use an image from the movie “Annie Hall” on billboards in Los Angeles and New York. The billboards have come down, but the image is on the Internet.

American Apparel says the billboards were meant as parody and therefore fair game for anyone to use.

Whether the lawsuit will continue is anyones guess but you’d think that Woody Allen would have a sense of humor. Besides most American Apparel shoppers have no idea who the fuck Allen is, they probably missed the joke completely and figured it was just some photo of a rabbi, not as funny I’m sure, but the comedy in imagining Allen being pissed at Dov is classic.

Source Daily News

Photo NY Mag

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I think I may officially have a new hero. What Dov Charney sees can only be described as “porn-tastic” (Lauren’s word, not mine).  Which reminds me, when will he start making some really “classy” 70’s inspired porn? I can see it now, “Debbie Does Dov”, where Debbie, dressed in head to toe GAP, goes on the search for the perfect pair of Metalic Gold Lycra leggings.  And who leads her on this hipstatic (hipster + fantastic)  journey? None other than AA CEO Charney, who sports major wood in two-tonal white piping lined briefs.  Smells like two shakes from the herp tree to me.

(pict from back cover of Vice Magazine)

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Radar magazine continues to be my favorite read. They just released an article about American Apparel’s pervy CEO Dov Charney that seems to give the dude some serious credit.  It’s based off the experienced of one AA model who dealt with the t-shirt hawker directly.  It’s quite possibly the best American Apparel article ever!!! Read it now!!!

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