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I was browsing the Am Appy store, and I found a kewl new product called ‘the bag o scraps.’ I think that the concept behind the product is that you can ‘create your own meaningful arts and crafts’ using Am Appy material/the exclusive Am Appy colour/design palette. Like if you can’t afford a real Am Appy t-shirt, you could glue together these scraps to make ur own unique one. Or if you are a free-spirited girl, u can ‘let ur imagination run wild’ while creating some thing ‘beautiful’ with the bag-o-scraps.
It seems hard to run a clothing manufacturing company, like there is all of this ‘extra shit’ left over, but u don’t really know what to do with it. Then u hire some ‘alternative arts+crafts consultants’ to come in with some ‘fresh ideas’ about how you can brand this waste. Seems like u are just ‘jonesing 4 money’ in anyway possible, trying to ‘liquidate inventory’ and ‘reduce the bottom line’ by ‘creating brand synergy’ and ‘manufacturing efficiencies’ while keeping ‘fixed costs at a minimum’ and creating a ‘progressive business culture’ where ‘ideas are incubated’ and ur ‘vertically integrated corporate structure’ is able to ‘make huge margins.’
The bag-o-scraps sorta reminds me of how barbecue restaurants invented a product that is a sandwich made out of the leftovers from beef scraps and the leftover meats that have a ‘high fat content.’
The Chopped Beef BBQ sandwich is made up from the scraps and leftover fat cuttings from the ‘premium beef products.’ They are able to mix all of this 3rd class waste with barbecue sauce, and sell it like it is a ’special recipe’, but the people who eat it are actually ‘eating pig slop.’ It seems important to only eat ‘white meat’ and possibly red meat that has a ‘reasonable fat content.’ But I think in America, ppl like to eat unhealthy stuff, and take pride in it.
(What is ur fave kind of BBQ?)
It seems difficult to run a business efficiently. I feel like ideally, there would be no ‘leftover scraps’ to salvage. But maybe the bag-o-scraps is sorta a lesson about life. Not everything is going to be a perfectly tailored t-shirt in a unique colour sold at an above-market price because ur buying a ‘quality brand.’ Sometimes u have to take what life gives you–a bag-o-scraps– and turn it into something beautiful. Maybe life is just a bag-o-scraps, and the individual scraps are the people/mp3s/blogsites/social networks/tweets that make U who U R as an individual.
Might buy a bag-o-scraps and open up an etsy store/ebay thrift store. Seems lucrative. Might open a BBQ restaurant.
‘Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It may be rearranged in space, and changed into different types of particles, and utilized to create meaningful arts, crafts, and branded products.’
-God when creating the Bag O Scraps
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Do u have n e good ideas 4 making shit with the ‘bag o scraps’?
Do u know if Am Appy cloth is ‘the same as a condom’ if u wrap it around ur penis and penetrate ur lover?
Does n e 1 know where I can buy Hollistercrombie bags-o-scraps?
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bag-o-shite
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//////////Reply by blip*
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
@blip*, Oh excuse me, where are my manners. First.
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//////////Reply by Meh :\
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@blip*, still firsting? how quaint.
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uno
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//////////Reply by harald
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
@harald, fuck
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Hollistercrombie bags-o-scraps= unfashionable/worn once (AAA+H) clothes tossed out by the cool kids in HS. usually found in black plastic bags so noone will know their shame.
So I suggest you scavenge a suburban neighborhood on trash day.
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jus cus am appy ‘advertises’ all over your site doesn’t mean u have to cram their cock in down ur throat every post now
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//////////Reply by dipset69
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
@Ja3on, ar u stupid?
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//////////Reply by Ja3on
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@dipset69,
anyone with the name ‘dipset69′ shouldn’t be calling anyone stupid
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//////////Reply by fullscale008
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 pm
@Ja3on, “cram their cock” , this shit is getting visceral
Great post! I think the benefits of such a versatile bag definitely outweigh the drawbacks; I would easily consider buying one and sewing on some of my own patches. Have you seen those messenger bags that bikers wear? This kind of reminds me of that.
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//////////Reply by Hmm
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@DamianMarleyRasta69, I see you trollin.
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//////////Reply by DamianMarleyRasta69
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
@Hmm, Trollin?
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//////////Reply by Hmm
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@DamianMarleyRasta69, On another post, I saw your comment that you’re into ‘alternative music’ such as Sublime and The Verve Pipe. You know exactly what I mean.
If you’re not a troll, and somehow teleported here from 1996, I humbly inform you that
1. The Gap is not cool anymore
2. You know how bleaching your hair and spiking it seems like a good idea? It isn’t.
And 3. [Spoiler] Elliott Smith dies.
//////////Reply by harumph
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
@Hmm, r u seriously policing this? jesus christ, the entire thing is a charade.
[spoiler] you’re adopted & autistic
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//////////Reply by Hmm
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
@harumph, I’m just sad at the state of the comments lately. Don’t want ‘my’ HRO to become the domain of Dave Matthews Band fans and tweens. I feel protective of ‘my’ HRO. Thus, I take trolling in that vein (too) seriously. :(
//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 2:42 am
wut is going on???
//////////Reply by al x
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
@Hmm, maybe its a joke….
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//////////Reply by skybeard
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 2:11 am
@hmm, is it really ‘possible’ to troll here?
didn’t know how ‘am appy’ is one of my most visited sights. gotta stop coming here. bleeeh
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//////////Reply by Z
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 pm
@z, stole my name, cunt
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 2:43 am
@z, cunt
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//////////Reply by brick
//////////Posted August 25th, 2009 at 12:56 am
@z, WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN
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This is funny, Carles. See, you can do this! :)
The infestation of dumb commenters may be a more difficult problem to solve, though.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
@CautiouslyOptimistic, You must not have been here yesterday. It’s all part of the increased effort of ‘greening’ HRO via recycling comments.
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BBQ is so fucking alt.
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//////////Reply by the fink
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
@Funky Rutabaga, true [via stubbs] [sub via southby southwesty]
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//////////Reply by Z
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
@the fink, throw in a mexican blanket and it’s death by alt
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it looks like you’re finally running dry
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 2:44 am
@ames, man textbook ames right ther!!!
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The best part of AmAppy website is the models section
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//////////Reply by chaz
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
@Swarles, wish someone would produce an am appy porno
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//////////Reply by sie
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
@chaz, dov charney at his finest hour
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//////////Reply by ben
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 8:02 am
@chaz, fkin yeah the world needs alt porn
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King Khan had the most meaningful BBQ back in 2k7
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wow carles this is great more like this
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hipster runoff needs to develop a marketing synergy with haagen daz ice cream.
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//////////Reply by harald
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
@bheron, HRO a la mode? sounds dericious
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//////////Reply by Z
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
@harald, not good, most of us have eating disorders :/ sry
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Versus actually going to a fabric store, it’s not really a good deal.
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//////////Reply by Funky Rutabaga
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
@Sam, JoAnn Fabric is not alt. Why would anyone be so asinine to drive to the suburbs to purchase fabric – so fucking NOT authentic.
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it comes with a free ‘zine’!
scrap clothing big in 2k10?
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Make sure this ‘bag o goods’ (prefer not to use scraps) ‘comes’ with a free tat gun to ‘authenticate’ urself w/ur own art work!
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This blog is going downhill it’s all about business discussions from brand marketing to advertising, this is not f**king Businessweek, get back on track with hipster stuff!
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//////////Reply by Funky Rutabaga
//////////Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 pm
@thetA, I second that. There is no alt Business-fucking-week – business is irrelevant to us alts (via capitalism ruining everything).
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<3 u crls
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted August 25th, 2009 at 2:56 am
@emily, <3 u trick
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Stfu bout ur clothing line/am appy
Getting boring quick, srsly
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remembering a time when “v-necks” were alt. (via 2k7)
slowly building my “scrap-neck” collection yall.
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Feel like if the BBQ sandwich is more like a ‘bag o craps’ [via poop]
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//////////Reply by hot pants
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
@Farkus, i thnk ‘bag of farts’ [via buttocks]
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First thought upon seeing the bag-o-scraps: i want that.
Second thought: Fuck you and your marketing skills, dov. i won’t buy into this.
Third thought: i want that.
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//////////Reply by brick
//////////Posted August 25th, 2009 at 1:01 am
@Z,
Time to wear the clothes
that are finally made
by someone as alt
as i am.
////////////////myself.
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it’s kind of insulting when a company starts selling off products like this. it’s the equivalent of saying, “we’re so good, you’ll even buy our leftovers.”
really amerappy? think ya’ll such hot shit/hot topic/hot mess that even the crap you can’t find any use for is marketable? well… that might be true, but i ain’t taking nobody’s table-scraps. i’ve got more consumer pride than that.
next thing they’ll be selling us their post-sweatshop free labor’s 2nd generation latin-american children.
and they’ll call it… the mini-me, humanimal accessory. just another vanilla on pistachio emotional terrorist marketing scheme.
it’d be sad if we weren’t so used to it.
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 2:46 am
@zek j evets, CLASSIC ZEK J EVETS MAN! TEXTBOOK!
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//////////Reply by anonamess
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 3:20 am
@vdieselfor20, textbook vdieselfor20 bro. textbook.
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I might get a bag just to chill with so I can sit around and mellow out by ‘feeling fabric/texture’ [via autism] instead of ‘internetting’
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//////////Reply by Al x
//////////Posted August 24th, 2009 at 9:09 am
@skybeard, [Sub via of mice and men]
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post instructions on how to sew a bag of scraps together to make sleeves for the I Am Carles tshirt
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i cannot believe they’re selling their fucking scrap fabric.
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//////////Reply by brick
//////////Posted August 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
@brittany,
i like ur blog.
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yea i just threw up
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//////////Reply by brick
//////////Posted August 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
@brittany,
sike
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I’m going to take my own ’sampling’ of ‘cuts’ and make a ‘brand new bag’. Am Appy is trying to get ‘relevant’ tweens to ‘remix’ their brand so it seems more ‘authentic’ than the Gap. I’m going to get my laptop and loop a ‘pork sandwich’ of ‘my own’. Anybody have some Bar-B-Cue sauce I can use?
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This is just the latest “genius” offering from their creative director. I used to work for this company and the stories I could spill…. Like many other previous employees I can tell you that it’s a nightmarish company to work for. You either have to sleep with Dov or Iris to get ahead in this company. It’s really sick.
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The scraps are strictly digital. They are jpeg dreamcatchers for your iPhone. Minature iSqueegee(sp?) optional
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Imaginary Creatures is an american apparel for less store – everything is half what aa charges.. check it out http://www.imaginarycreatures.net
aa hoodies at IC are $33 — never pay $50 for a hoodie again
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