American Apparel
Fashion Roundup: Betsey Johnson's Fling With Anna Nicole; Victoria Beckham Doesn't Take British Diet Pills
Betsey Johnson said she once made out with Anna Nicole Smith because she couldn't resist her post-Trim Spa slimmed-down bod and bullet bra covered in roses. [Vogue UK]
The shoppers of Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney, and Kohl's reportedly favor John McCain over Barack Obama. [WWD]
Victoria Beckham is deeply offended at the allegation that her sister is sneaking her diet pills from the U.K. [SF Gate via The Cut]
David Byrne has designed a shoe-shaped bike rack that has been placed outside Bergdorf Goodman. [NYP] read more »
It's Chinatown! American Apparel's 20th City Location
American Apparel's opening its 20th New York City location at 429 Broadway, at the corner of Howard Street, in Chinatown, Racked reports. For a full list of actual and coming AA stores, click here. For an explanation of why its storefronts are so damn bright, click here.
Morning Memo: We Have A Theory About American Apparel--They Like to Shock Us!
New Line Cinema and Radio City Music Hall are in a spat over whose fault it was that nearly 1,000 ticket holders were turned away at Tuesday's Sex and the City premiere. Meanwhile some are saying that the film's plot is based on the affairs of Ellen Barkin with Jonathan Tisch and Ronald Perelman. [P6] read more »
American Apparel Opens Virtual Lower East Side Store
You can still visit American Apparel’s much-hyped digital outpost in Second Life, the user-generated virtual Internet world, but the store has been chained shut since last summer when the hipster clothing chain announced it would close its doors on “Lerappa Island for now."
Was the company's departure triggered by a virtual terrorist attack? (a group called the Second Life Liberation Army gunned down virtual shoppers at American Apparel to protest the commercialization of the site). read more »
Bright Lights, Big Tizzy: American Apparel Goes Dark On Smith Street
