Comments on: American Apparel Comes to the Mission http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2610 zinzin Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:46:25 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2610 heh.

maybe an AA + kink partnership would make it sufficiently gritty to pass muster of the missionista nimby types.

maybe it will be a trend.

]]> By: johnny0 http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2609 johnny0 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:26:07 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2609 American Apparel stores sell porn. Literally. These guys are classy!


A West Vancouver mother says she is angry a popular clothing store has openly displayed a pornographic magazine featuring explicit homoerotic images.

Trina Campbell told CBC News on Tuesday she and her 13-year-old daughter saw the magazine sticking out of a backpack on display inside the American Apparel outlet at the Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver.

“I pulled it out and I went to open it and it flipped open to a double-page spread of two men having full-on sexual activity, not just suggestive,” Campbell said.

“I don’t think this is something that the average person wants to see unless they’re ready or going out of the way to see it.”

The quarterly magazine, BUTT, focuses on homosexuality, and it is available for sale worldwide.

Campbell said she complained to store staff, who said it was a head-office decision to put the magazine in the display.

Repeated calls by CBC News to American Apparel’s U.S. head office were not returned on Tuesday.

Staff at the Park Royal mall’s American Apparel outlet said they sell the magazines only to people with identification to prove they are over 18, and they keep the magazines behind the counter.

Maybe Kink and American Apparel can work something out for the Valencia Street store.

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2608 Caitlin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:19:47 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2608 We should restrict companies run by nut jobs. And actually, fewer giant companies might not be a bad thing.

But that’s not even that important repeated sexual harassment does not equal nutjob. It equals sexual offender.

For that matter, I’m sick of hearing about AA’s great work practices. It’s absolutely ridiculous to not consider a complete culture of sexual harassment (as dov charney himself agrees to though doesn’t use the term harassment – clearly) bad employment practices.

Great no sweat shops! Just get felt up at work instead!

]]> By: Aaron Mayfield-Sunshine http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2607 Aaron Mayfield-Sunshine Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:47:24 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2607 yeah I love AA rad.

]]> By: missionmark http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2606 missionmark Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:12:44 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2606 I see nothing wrong with a company that fights for workers rights, pays a living wage to garment workers, supports progressive media, supports gay rights and sells cool product from moving in. Support those who support us. Soft core porn in ads? So is Abercrombie. But I don’t see them taking out full pages ads in the NYT taking on workers rights. AA did.

]]> By: i know these things.. http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2605 i know these things.. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:13:46 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2605 yes aa has the lease to this building and has for a long time.
inorder for them to move in they have to get local businesses and neighbor support first.
regarding the china gate location, it just opened a few days ago.
so seeing as there coming soon sign was posted for years, dont expect to see an aa on valencia anytime soon.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2604 zinzin Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:58:10 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2604 Oh, and can you post when / where on the hearing?

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2603 zinzin Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:57:47 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2603 how are they going to do it? isnt it “against the law” for formula retail to move in? or is that not set up yet? what’s the process for it getting st up or not?

personally i dont give a fuck. i say let em move in. Terry Richardson soft core teen porn trumps formula retail any day.

]]> By: SFDoggy http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2602 SFDoggy Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:02:02 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2602 I just received a notice about a hearing regarding American Apparel moving into this space. So it is definitely moving ahead.

]]> By: Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2601 Allan Hough Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:09:27 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2601 Oh come on, if we tried to hinder every company that was run by a nut job… um, there would be very few companies?

]]> By: flibrty http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2600 flibrty Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:08:32 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2600 Read the LA Times piece on Dov Charney. I think it mentions the name of his real estate company. It certainly mentions the sexual harassment lawsuits and his questionable judgement on…well just about everything.

]]> By: flibrty http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2599 flibrty Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:06:09 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2599 Isn’t there a way to prohibit development by companies run by creepy perverts who run around the office in their underwear and creat teen porn photographs for their advertising? American Apparel clothins is relatively harmless. But the company is owned and run by a nut job. Eww.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2598 zinzin Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:08:06 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2598 shoot. if only the city regulated “large scale photos of half naked teenagers” we would know who filed for the permit.

]]> By: meave http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2597 meave Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:22:13 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2597 According to the Department of Building inspection, on 20 Oct. 08 *someone* filed an application to upgrade 988 Valencia for retail sales use. The improvements are supposed to include: “RELOCATION AND UPGARDE OF E ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS, FIXTURES, NEW SALES AREA AND DISPLAY LIGHTING, METAL AND GLASS STOREFRONT SYSTEM,EXT LIGHTING,NEW EXITS AT REAR. MEP AND SIGN SEPARATE PERMIT.”"

That’s all I have the patience to find. As for ownership of the building, I’m having difficulty finding that.

]]> By: jimbeam http://www.missionmission.org/2008/11/03/american-apparel-comes-to-the-mission/#comment-2596 jimbeam Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:32:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=1633#comment-2596 I don’t know, I’d rather not have Valencia turn into Chestnut or Georgetown in DC. I have no real problem with AA, but chain retail begats chain retail.

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