PGraph Girls Tank Tops?

[acrouch]

If the market wants American Apparel, then we will be compelled to print only American Apparel. But so far we have not had any problems selling Hanes shirts, and there are only a few people who detest non-American Apparel shirts. Why a select few have such loyalty to thin, flimsy clothing marketed with the creepiest ads is beyond me.

I'll say it right here. If we make all American Apparel shirts, we sure aren't charging $10 a shirt.

So, Andy, I should put you down for a tank top if it's American Apparel?

I'm just saying, when I go to my closet and consider wearing my sweet-looking maroon pgraph shirt, I usually grab one of my softer, more comfortable shirts instead. And I want to proudly sport the gramophone. My three-year old American Apparel AIC shirt is still going strong though.

[kbadr]

First of all, I have no problem with sexualizing women, and if they're going to be objectified, at least they can look like real women. I think American Apparel ads are way less offensive than most of the glossy stuff out there.

I totally disagree. If they photographed real women in a professional setting, with good lighting, it would be admirable. Instead they photograph real women in poor lighting, with awkward and uncomfortable expressions on their faces. The whole aesthetic of their ads make it look like the models are being taken advantage of and photographed in a dank basement by a creepy dude. I don't understand how anyone can see the looks on their faces and think anything else. The models do not look like they are posing by choice. I know they *are*, but intentionally making it look like they're not makes it that much creepier to me.

Also, as I've said repeatedly, AA shirts cost around $2.50 more. We've already gotten shit (from Crouch) about wanting to charge more than $10 for a shirt. Damned if we do...

[bradisntclever]

The whole aesthetic of their ads make it look like the models are being taken advantage of and photographed in a dank basement by a creepy dude. I don't understand how anyone can see the looks on their faces and think anything else. The models do not look like they are posing by choice.

This is exactly the reason why I love this article from the Onion. It even mentions said creepy dude.

[sara farr]

This is exactly the reason why I love this article from the Onion. It even mentions said creepy dude.

This article has a funny headline, AND the actual article made me laugh out loud... usually the article part just makes me smile.

RE: Shirts... I'm not a big fan of tanks. Armholes can be too big or too small, they show off my flab, and there is limited space for the graphic... Women's shirts are built to stretch in the bust area. With busty women like me, if the graphic covers the whole front, it will look normal, then stretched, then normal. It is best if the graphic is smaller and sits higher on womens shirts.

However, I have an IFE shirt I love, but it's a boys shirt, and I don't wear it out bc it looks too boxy on me. So do what works, Pgraph. I'll probably buy one anyway.

[Susannah61]

Self righteous indignation at the objectification of women aside, I think tank tops are groovy. Sign me up. - a woman.

[kbadr]

I put the order in this week and decided to just get AA girl shirts, and Hanes dudes shirts

[Justin D.]

First of all, I have no problem with sexualizing women, and if they're going to be objectified, at least they can look like real women. I think American Apparel ads are way less offensive than most of the glossy stuff out there.

I totally disagree. If they photographed real women in a professional setting, with good lighting, it would be admirable. Instead they photograph real women in poor lighting, with awkward and uncomfortable expressions on their faces. The whole aesthetic of their ads make it look like the models are being taken advantage of and photographed in a dank basement by a creepy dude. I don't understand how anyone can see the looks on their faces and think anything else. The models do not look like they are posing by choice. I know they *are*, but intentionally making it look like they're not makes it that much creepier to me.

Also, as I've said repeatedly, AA shirts cost around $2.50 more. We've already gotten shit (from Crouch) about wanting to charge more than $10 for a shirt. Damned if we do...

Kareem, you're telling this to the same guy who told me he thought this picture promoting A Thought in Three Parts was hot:



Nothing against the woman in the picture (Adriene Mishler?), but I thought that was quite a sad and kind of creepy picture when I saw the postcard advertising the show.

Andy, as I said that night, you're fucking weird.

[ChrisTrew.Com]

That chick is super hot, where do i find her

[acrouch]

Not only is it hot and vaguely amusing, the play that it was advertising had full nude simulated sex scenes. Not all that great from what I heard, but still...

p.s. (Not Adriene Mischler)

[ChrisTrew.Com]

too late, i am now in a relationship with Adriene Mischler

[apiaryist]

Not only is it hot and vaguely amusing, the play that it was advertising had full nude simulated sex scenes. Not all that great from what I heard, but still...

p.s. (Not Adriene Mischler)

It was actually pretty good. Maybe some of the best theatre I've seen in Austin in a long, long time. And I love that picture. It captures the tone of the play perfectly.

[slappywhite]

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She looks like Tegan and or Sara of Tegan & Sara fame.

[Justin D.]

Yeah, my comment wasn't about the girl's attractiveness in the picture. It's that the picture makes it look like something bad and sexual has just happened to her or is about to happen to her. I know what the play was about, so it might have fit the scene she was supposed to be representing. Sad and possibly creepy are still descriptions I'd give the picture though.

She does look a little like Tegan, and Tegan and Sara are great.

[ratliff]

1. The woman in the picture is Kelli Bland. Regardless of its merits or lack thereof, the show was definitely not supposed to be sexy or appealing in the traditional sense, so to that extent the picture expressed the vibe of the show perfectly. When I saw it, the playwright (who I'm guessing most of the people on this forum would know primarily as Vizzini in The Princess Bride) was in the audience and he seemed to enjoy himself.

2. American Apparel shirts do wear out quicker AND they're more comfortable to wear. I suspect there's a connection.

3. If you don't want to use products created by entities that objectify women, good for you. Can I have all your CDs, movies, and books created before 1975 (and most of them made after), all your liquor and beer, and your car?

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

Wallace Shawn.

sorry, trivia instinct kicked in...