Two American Apparel Vandals Caught, More On The Run?

Are all of these things connected?

Remember last week when a menacing group dropped some Project Mayhem action on the Williamsburg American Apparel? Or... so it was rumored. The company has now given us a little update, saying:

"About 20 small windows were broken by a group of people on Thursday around midnight. The piece of metal used to smash them was left behind, a few mannequins were scuffed, and nothing was stolen. The police apprehended and arrested two people later that night, a man and a woman, and we'll likely proceed by attempting to be reimbursed for the destroyed property.

As far as anything goes regarding a black-clad hipster uprising or mobs of angry retail protesters terrorizing Brooklyn, there hasn't been anything to confirm this apart from a few blog comments. Most retailers have a brush with vandalism at some point, which although unfortunate, is just a reality of being in business. As it stands, this appears to be one of those instances."

Not so fast! Could black-clad hipsters be confused with black-clad communists? Bring those perps into the "interrogation room," Dov Charney, because the photos from that recent American Apparel protest show the angry rioters also wearing... all black.

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By Jen Carlson in News on March 8, 2010 5:23 PM

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jimmycracks

my guess is that they are disgruntled gothamist readers who are tired of seeing American apparel ads all day

squatch

the thing that people don't understand about american apparel is that the clothes themselves are total shit. thin, ill-fitting, and poorly-made. these clotes are the most disposable i have ever seen.

Greenpoint60

Are they made on mainland China or in the USA? I need to check out this store

Papercutninja

Made in Los Angeles.

Papercutninja

anti-hipster hipsters. Ironic. How praradoxically hip.

The Man Bat

Hey, any reason to get Faye Reagan's picture back up on a SFW website is just fine by me. Good Lord the puffies on that girl are unreal!!!!

Greenpoint60

Upscale shops will reline this area in the future if the attacks continue. In that case Williamsburg will continue to be a slum on the waterfront.

derelict

There were a lot - upwards of 20, definitely more than the two found - of black- and bandana-clad kids smashing up that store last Thursday.

PorkJuiceMilkshake

[peter griffin] OH MY GOD, WHO...THE HELL...CARES?! [/peter griffin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0&feature=related

elpollodiablo

Set that shit on fire, next time

Manitoba

The redhead AA woman up there is actually a pornstar, Faye Reagan, I believe.

Snoopy

I have no problem with that.

Manitoba

Neither do I, but it's important to know that instead of getting excited by AA ads, people can just go straight for the hard stuff.

I wonder, though, is she in the ads because she's a pornstar, or is she trying to leave porn to do actual modeling. Or does it matter (ans: no)?