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Will American Apparel tone down its image now that CEO Dov Charney is facing trial on sexual harassment charges? The Villager thinks so. "The company no longer displays pornographic magazines Oui and Playboy in its stores and some think its imagery appears milder than before. American Apparel’s billboard ads at E. Houston and Allen Sts. have raised eyebrows and some indignation. But in October 2007 when neighbors complained about an image of a topless girl wearing only tights, her back facing the camera, the company replaced it with a less-eroticized ad. That ad is still up on the Lower East Side billboard." Yeah, but have you seen the back of The L Magazine lately? Those photos are still pretty risqué. [Villager]