Gay T-Shirts In Windows A Problem For American Apparel

[romantico]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 12:26am

A local vandal may have found an antidote for the ?Legalize Gay? T-shirts that have popped up in American Apparel window displays around the D.C. area?eliminate the window.

When Kassandra Powell arrived for work at the Silver Spring American Apparel store yesterday morning, she was met with a crowd, a police car, and a broken window. ?I was told that the [security alarm] went off at 5:15 a.m.,? she says.

Powell, a store manager, had reason to believe that the early-morning glass-shattering was more than your average retail break-in. Nothing was stolen from the store?including the anti-Prop-8 t-shirts prominently displayed on the opposite side of the glass.

This morning, the Georgetown American Apparel location experienced its own attack from an upset window shopper?this time, over the telephone. Around 10:30 a.m., visual merchandiser Walter Reed fielded a call from a male who was ?enraged for no reason.?

(more here)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/07/21/gay-t-shirts-in-windows-a-problem-for-american-apparel/

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 12:32am

Maybe the vandal was just offended by crappy ugly clothing.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 3:41am

^^^^^^^^
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[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 7:50am

The sad thing is that the vandal won. They took the shirts out of the widow.

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 8:41am

I'm with JerseyGirl2.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:38pm

Drama,

Did you even read the story or the post that said, "Nothing was stolen from the store, including the anti-Prop-8 t-shirts prominently displayed on the opposite side of the glass."

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:39pm

The pro-gay t-shirts that are usually displayed in the window at the 9th Avenue American Apparel have been removed.

They were there two days ago.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:45pm

Oh. But, I guess it's a way to stop replacing the window, over and over again.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 3:10pm

We went in an American Apparel store in Stockholm and all I could think was, "No wonder many Europeans think we're all assholes!"

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 3:11pm

Bad customer service, or crappy clothing?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/22/09 at 3:14pm

Well, both, but Stockholm is kind of known for lack of customer service. It was more about the horrible neon, hounds tooth and spandex clothing.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 12:25pm

I for one, love the boy clothes there.