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"Bland and tasteless"? What exactly are you expecting from a T-shirt? I appreciate that there is a manufacturer of cotton casualwear which does not feature logos. I don't want to pay for the privilege of wearing a billboard.

And on the "make something good" tip -- AA makes the highest quality and best-fitting T-shirts I have ever found. MILES ahead of the crap on sale at Walmart. And they do it in America, so they've earned the right to put it in their name.

Company politics and alleged lechery aside: they make a damn fine product, without cutting corners.

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gamache, I think he's referring to the AA retail store and the various brightly and unusually coloured offerings inside of it, while you seem to be referring to AA's T-Shirts.

I am the owner of an AA tagged T-shirt; black, with a modest picture of a prinny on it, of good quality. So I see your point about the stuff being "good." But as to what's on display in the retail stores, their "designer fashion" is really truly gawd awful. I wouldn't call it "bland and tasteless" though--it is a full-on assult on one's sensibilities.

Taste is a very subjective thing. I try not to criticize other people's fashion sense. Obviously, many people are willing to pay for the designs of American Apparel.

Having a logo or not has nothing to do with the fact AA looks ugly as hell. Many great clothing brands do not show their logos on some of their clothes.

"I don't want to pay for the privilege of wearing a billboard."

Your are paying $20 for a plain grey t-shirt. You don't think you are paying for the AA billboards that are everywhere??

Having a logo or not has nothing to do with the fact AA looks ugly as hell.

Again, I am not sure what you want from a T-shirt. AA shirts fit me great -- better than any other manufacturer. What is ugly about a T-shirt that fits?

I wrote "Have you seen their clothing? They are bland and tasteless." Not t-shirt.

I'm glad you are satisfied with your plain $20 t-shirt http://store.americanapparel.net/men-short-sleeves---t-shirt... based on it's fit and comfort.

In my subjective view, it just makes me sick to see American Apparel in other countries and people go in and see that "Americans" are about looking like 1970s high schoolers. Like it our not this brand does represent us.

"Like it our not this brand does represent us."

What single brand does? American Apparel is a single clothing brand out of thousands that are exported from the US, and they are all different.

Certainly American Apparel represents a portion of the US, whether you like it or not.

AA produces t-shirts and underwear. Do you consider Hanes ugly and bland?

I think you're too busy trying to troll that you forget that they're not trying to be Dior or Gucci.

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