The thing is, not every woman can grow a bush like that. You have to generally be very dark haired and also have really thick hair. Maybe they are marekting it to Pakistani and Greek women.
People these days too often confuse "rights" with "rules". Like that stupid girl who left that hilariously dumbass message to a movie theatre after they ejected her for using her cellphone. You're on someone else's property. Normal rights don't apply, and if you break their rules they can and should toss your sorry ass.
You may be right because it's a hipster store and hipsters hate.....HATE hygiene, they are doing it for the same reason hipsters do, well, anything: ATTENTION!!!!! Look at us!!!! Or we'll die. Fun Fact: Ryan Holiday is a spokesman for that store. So there's that.
Back in high school and the beginning of college those Urban Outfitters shirts where what everyone wanted, the ones with the douchey catch phrases. I was never a fan of them, but for some reason the girls really liked them, so of course I had a few.
They may know, but don't care. Dumb. But, ha ha. The joke's on them. Those page views are going to drop off a cliff since their readers are going to be cut in half.
Urban Outfitters used to be my favorite store, "used" being the key word. In the early to mid 2000s, it was a really cool diversion from Abercrombie and American Eagle, and all the other stuff kids in the 16-24 demo, that I was in, were wearing. Freshman and sophomore year of college, I had a couple really cool retro NBA/MLB t shirts, couple different vintage-feel t shirts for defunct business, and they had a solid selection of cool button downs and accessories. Fast forward 10 years, my uncle still gets my sister and I a $100 Urban gift card for Christmas every year cause he remembers us liking it and it being "cool" but its getting harder and harder to spend it. Everything is browns and drab colors, super hipster and still stupidly priced. American Apparel is a company started by and run by a fucking weirdo, so of course their marketing is going to be fucking weird and stupid. Its unfortunate, cause while a bit pricey, they do basic items really well and their shit is comfy as fuck. Whenever I print t-shirts or whatnot, I always get AA blanks, cause the quality is actually very good. But if they are pushing a "back to natural bush" agenda, I'll happily boycott the fuck out of them.
The had a porn star by the name of Lauren Phoenix model for them some years back. Which I find hilarious. I'm not going to go looking for a picture while I'm at work, but suffice it to say her proctologist can probably retire on the work she does.
*Pictures guys of the board all running off to Google Lauren Phoenix.* Preach. I couldn't grow a bush like that under penalty of death. Yay for being fair!
I swear to god you made this same joke two years ago on this board. And I looked her up back then, totally true. I think its because her ad literally said "Writer, director. Look up her work." Which was funny. Then Faye Reagan was also in one of the images, and thousands of tissues of suffered since. I was given a full zipper hoodie from a vendor, and I'll be damned if that isn't the softest fucking cotton ever. I expected it to fuck up after I washed it but nope, still feels like heaven on the skin. If they made boxers out of that material I'd never be angry.
They did an entire campaign using porn stars. Faye Reagan, Sasha Grey, some other girl I only recognize bent over. Here are a few examples, plus others: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/the-28-raciest-american-apparel-ads-ever" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/the-28 ... l-ads-ever</a> NWS OBVIOUSLY. I'd say they were using nude, alluring ads to detract from how crappy their products are, but those shots make me want to take a bath, not buy clothes. They look like they were shot in Terry Richardson's 70's rape dungeon.
Counter-argument: this happens almost any time a site has a major redesign. For example, Gawker seems to change their entire layout every six months and everyone always hates it... yet people still read Gawker. People more often than not seem to adapt to any redesign, no matter how terrible.
Content is still king? I'm trying to think of how many times has Facebook has redone the look, much to the dismay of users, but they still come back and it's still growing (just one example). Has a website ever died as a direct result of a layout change?
That's a fair point. I can only speak to the demographic that includes the set of 1. Me. I have definitely been reading Grantland less since the change. I'll probably just go elsewhere from now on. This layout is very cumbersome.
This is 100% accurate. They also have an estimated calculation that x amount of people are going to fall off, but the people that will stay will view x more pages and stay on site x amount longer, which is key to advertisers.
Digg pretty much died as a result of a layout change. Content is great but it only works if the people can access the content or if they're being presented with the right content.
I don't know how anybody with functioning eyes could find that sexually appealing. It's the same bullshit CK was pulling twenty years ago, but this is way more colourless and unwashed-looking. People who want to look that way deserve to look that way. I consider it self-punishment. Have fun watching parents pull their kids towards them when you approach. Just be weird.
This is the American Apparel founder. And yes, he does fight off sexual harassment suits. By looking at him I figure that's 75% of his daily routine. He looks like a highschool computer teacher. Who also rapes students. There is only one picture of him where he looks normal. Which I'm not posting.
It seems like he's exploiting people. Its interesting, because his clothes (I guess) are sweat shop free and fair trade, but the flip side he gets to have his porn fantasy while taking ad shots. If these photos are someone's idea of great advertising its only a vague hint that this guy is really depraved.