English Class Essay

I am completely mesmerized by the clothes selection at Wal-Mart because of slutty brand names like "No Boundaries" and blatant American Apparel rip-offs like "Seed Clothing Exchange". I enjoy buying their low-cut lightweight stretch cotton basics without encountering a saleswoman who refuses to justly answer my questions because I do not look like a reject from Nylon Magazine nor does my body type suggest track marks. You can't do that at American Apparel, even though they have a really good soundtrack.

I have nothing against the American Apparel brand or company. They make good quality clothes whose prices reflect their American-made philosophy. They have innovative advertising that features cool literary-porn type chicks and hire barely legal immigrants to work in excellent conditions in a factory that you can actually find in the garment district in downtown Los Angeles. Their leader Dov Charney has chartered a courageous fight to reform immigration policy while most probably fucking or molesting every good-looking woman in his company. He is also a semi-sheisty businessman, and I admire that. 

I often wonder what Charney thinks of Seed. As he has never touched my boob I have no insight into his great mind. However I have some questions. Someone who dedicates a company to the humane treatment of immigrants and factory workers probably at least pretends to be appalled by the supposedly bad working conditions at Wal-Mart and most probably bad conditions at the Seed manufacturers. But Wal-Mart's everyday low prices (always!) also greatly increase the spending power of its customers, heavily skewed toward lower-income working class families. Also lower-income working class families tend not to know who Woody Allen is, and Dov probably likes that, too. 

So does Dov like or not like Seed? I remain inconclusive. But one thing is for sure: American Apparel should have given me something free for my birthday yesterday.