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Related: About this forumWTF File: American Apparel Ad Uses ‘California Farmer’ As Accessory in Ad
American Apparel is no stranger to starting controversies with their hyper-sexual ads that feature young women in provocative poses. But the clothing manufacturer seems to have kicked it up a notch to get some attention by including a Latino California farmer whos engaging in public relations with a young white women.
The Summer 2011 ad seems to have gone under radar until Comedian Fahim Anwar tweeted a screen capture of the ad on Saturday.
Robin a USC student, studying Public Relations, with Raul a California farmer in Denim and Chambray, reads the caption under the image of a Latino man and a young white women holding on to his arm.
American Apparel has officially lost their minds, Anwar wrote in his tweet.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/05/american_apparel_ad_uses_california_farmer_as_accessory_in_new_ad.html
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WTF File: American Apparel Ad Uses ‘California Farmer’ As Accessory in Ad (Original Post)
EFerrari
May 2012
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Ian David
(69,059 posts)1. It would be funnier if they were posing in front of Home Depot.
Which I think is kind of the feel that they were going for, anyway.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)2. Levi's will have to up the ante in the Offensive Hipsterdom department--maybe an MLK speech
for jorts?
msongs
(67,199 posts)3. anorexic looking models from American Apparel. never touch the stuff nt