American Apparel Uses (GASP!) Nudity to Sell Clothing

By Matt Van Hoven 


Update: Erin at Yaybia! hooked us up with the most nipplicious embed code, ever.

To say that showing breasts and rear-ends will always sell goods is (in advertising) the understatement of the century. We’d venture that you probably looked at the image above more than once to see if that’s a nipple or a shadow. Right? And now, your brain will forever tie the American Apparel brand to sex (your notions of female degradation aside, sex is sex). You’re screwed. Heh.

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American Apparel has long shirked American prude-ness in the interest of selling their goods. On paper, the idea that bare-bodied females can sell clothing makes no sense. But clearly, on billboard it’s gold. And now, the same is true for flash banners. Click here to see what we mean. And then tell us what you think in the poll below.

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