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October 22, 2007

A Very American Apparel Halloween

Those Deerhunter-employing garb sellers, American Apparel, inspire fans (sweatshop free!) and critics (misogynist!) in equal parts. But who can be a hater during the holidays? While over at Golden Fiddle, we noticed AA's suggesting Halloween outfits "inspired by film and television" for the hep kids this year -- of course using their threads and, in a few cases (e.g. "Hollywood Blvd. Streetwalker") very little else.

  

There's even a "Costume Builder" over there that tells you what to buy to dress the part ... sorta depressing. Some music-related duds include the dorky Warhol (maybe just change the wig/powdered hair and you could be Lou), Thriller-era Michael Jackson and a suitably leg-warmered Flashdance dancer. How about some homemade AA-style costume suggestions? We were thinking of Bodies Of Water's red leotard, Feist's white-clad Letterman singers, or maybe Andrew W.K. himself.

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9 Comments

You said Deerhoof, you meant Deerhunter

Posted by: Karl at 10/22/07 5:36 PM | Reply
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@ Karl:

Need more coffee. Fixed, thanks.

Posted by: scott at 10/22/07 5:48 PM | Reply
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I've masturbated to the roller girl one three times already.

Wait... Make that four.

Posted by: asdf at 10/22/07 6:03 PM | Reply
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i LOVE You Said Deerhoof, You Meant Deerhunter. best EP of 2007.

Posted by: jim at 10/22/07 6:29 PM | Reply
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is this an advert?

what the fuck?

Posted by: matthew at 10/22/07 6:40 PM | Reply
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throwing together an entirely AA outfit for halloween is the new "slutty ____"


BORING BORING BORING. put some thought into it and save yrself some money.

Posted by: nick at 10/22/07 7:00 PM | Reply
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@jim: ROFLCOPTER.

Posted by: Liam at 10/23/07 1:34 AM | Reply
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A better take on this:

http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/american_apparel_costume_ideas

Posted by: Oscar at 10/23/07 9:57 AM | Reply
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@matthew- yes, this is what you call an "advertorial". likely, not the first of its kind here.

Posted by: tears of a Nation at 10/23/07 4:34 PM | Reply
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