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There was a time when the American Apparel billboard on Houston and Allen was a reliable source of advertising controversy. But in 2008 Dov Charney told his models to put their pants back on, and the party ended—until now. Bowery Boogie reports that AA just broke its two-and-a-half-year Houston Street silence with a new ad. In keeping with the new, mildly schizophrenic American Apparel image, it's a rather conservative image of a girl in a button-down and a skirt. Guess the watercolor porn (NSFW) was just a little too raunchy for the Lower East Side.
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· Billboards: American Apparel Does It Doggy Style on Allen [Racked NY]