The "beaded collar," (prices vary). Available in the classic "circle/rope" pattern, as well as a few flashier models.

For the nudist biker:

For the nudist Republican:

For the nudist cat lady:

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"Sheer pants" and matching jacket; $49 and $59 respectively. So that even when your dick's not hanging out, your dick's hanging out.

The "uniwrap" for men, $25. A skirt.

The "sportif shorts" for men, $47. A skirt.

The zippered "Just Bare It" hat, $14. In case they can't figure out your nudism based on nudity alone.

The "intimate area shaver" for men and women, $69. But how do you tote this along with no thong to tuck it into?

The "buckle dress," $49. I knew Dov Charney was in on this somehow.

On Wednesday, American Apparel's Silver Spring store received the chain's latest threatening phone call in response to its anti-Prop-8 "Legalize Gay" T-shirts.

"Five minutes ago, I just answered the phone and got a death threat from a man with a bad phone connection," the female Silver Spring employee wrote to superiors in an e-mail. The caller asked the employee why the pro-gay shirts were still on display, then threatened to take action. He said, "If I didn’t take it down, bad things can happen to me, resulting in drastic measures," she wrote.

The hazy threats have made the nightly news, but the incidents have also sent some clearer-headed telephone traffic to the Maryland store. "[The employee] told us that she's received plenty of other phone calls thanking the store for sticking with the 'Legalize Gay' display," says Jonny Makeup, an American Apparel rep.

Makeup says the threats are an anomaly in the history of the T-shirt, which American Apparel first produced to support campaigns to repeal California's anti-gay-marriage measure, Proposition 8. Until this week, Makeup says that American Apparel has never received so much as a complaint about the shirts. "Not even in our Midwest mall stores," he says.

Now, the shirt's D.C.-area detractors will have more opportunities to get angry—and maybe finally get caught. A broken window and a couple of anonymous phone calls were enough to send American Apparel into "Legalize Gay" overdrive. Makeup says that the shirts, which the company often donates to pride groups around the country, are in-demand as ever—and that D.C. will see more shipments of the shirts in coming days. "We're putting them on display in all our stores," says Makeup. Also in the works? "We plan on making sure there’s more security," he says.

Last night, WJLA* reported on the recent recent vandalism linked to American Apparel's "Legalize Gay" displays. Yesterday, the Silver Spring location received another threat over the phone in regards to the anti-Prop-8 shirts, which an anonymous employee recounts for WJLA: "Why is that T-shirt still in the window? You should take it down or something will happen to you."

On Monday, a window was broken at the Silver Spring store. On Tuesday, American Apparel's Georgetown location received a threatening phone call. Following the two incidents, the Silver Spring store promised to keep its "Legalize Gay" display up in the storefront window; now, the Georgetown store has replaced its less political window display with the "Legalize Gay" shirts, as well.

I've got a call in to the American Apparel locations in Georgetown and Silver Spring; employees at the two stores are now being asked to notify American Apparel corporate brass before speaking with the press.

* Note to WJLA: Observe how to credit other reporters when you repackage their scoops!

Previously:

Gay T-Shirts In Windows A Problem For American Apparel

American Apparel Windows Will Stay Gay

This week, hooligans targeted a couple of local American Apparel stores over the stores' prominent "Legalize Gay" T-Shirt displays. On Monday, a window at the Silver Spring location was shattered. Yesterday, an anonymous caller informed the Georgetown location that as long as "Legalize Gay" is on display, the storefronts can expect more broken glass.

American Apparel isn't scared.

Following the second threat, Silver Spring American Apparel manager Kassandra Powell told CP that the store had temporarily removed the anti-Prop-8 clothing from its window display. Last night, company spokesperson Ryan Holiday wrote in to say that "Legalize Gay" was there to stay. "The store employee misspoke about taking the display down," wrote Holiday. "[T]hose decisions get made in Los Angeles and we wouldn't want to give into something like this."

In a statement, American Apparel's Jonny Makeup made clear that the two local incidents would only strengthen its marriage equality efforts in D.C. The company will "continue to run Legalize Gay advertisements in papers across DC-Metro area," wrote Makeup. Some Washingtonians may even get some free stuff out of the deal: "We'll also send Legalize Gay t-shirts to any group in Washington DC that is fighting for gay rights,"

A local vandal may have found an antidote for the "Legalize Gay" T-shirts that have popped up in American Apparel window displays around the D.C. area—eliminate the window.

When Kassandra Powell arrived for work at the Silver Spring American Apparel store yesterday morning, she was met with a crowd, a police car, and a broken window. "I was told that the [security alarm] went off at 5:15 a.m.," she says.

Powell, a store manager, had reason to believe that the early-morning glass-shattering was more than your average retail break-in. Nothing was stolen from the store—including the anti-Prop-8 t-shirts prominently displayed on the opposite side of the glass.

This morning, the Georgetown American Apparel location experienced its own attack from an upset window shopper—this time, over the telephone. Around 10:30 a.m., visual merchandiser Walter Reed fielded a call from a male who was "enraged for no reason."

"He was like, is this the Silver Spring location? And I said, 'No, this is the Georgetown location, '" says Reed. "He said, 'You have some Legalize Gay shirts in the window there.' He said that he and his friends found it offensive, and that if we didn't take them down, they were going to break it—the window," said Reed. "I said, 'Is that a threat, Sir?' And then he hung up."

When Reed called the Silver Spring store to inform them of the threat, he was told that the location had already received the more forceful warning about its window display over 24 hours earlier. Then, Reed informed the police of the telephonic follow-up.

Reed was doing more than helping a sister store out—he personally assisted the Silver Spring location in styling its pro-gay display. "I helped do the windows there just last week," says Reed. "I know there was a Gay Beach shirt right there in the window."

For now, Reed's handiwork has been temporarily disassembled. "I took it down because of the threat," says Powell. "It’s not because we’re trying to comply with their demands or anything—we just don't want a broken window."

UPDATES:

American Apparel Windows Will Stay Gay

American Apparel Employees Receive Death Threats

American Apparel "Legalize Gay" Vandalism Inspires Support, Security

American Apparel CEO Dov Charney (above) and his army of android hipster superheroes have started a new initiative to coincide with their weed-smoking "Legalize LA" movement: "Legalize GAY." Someone called Jonny Makeup writes in:

So sorry it took almost a week to post but i have been taking care of you know who...my Daddy!!! [Does anyone know what this means? -ed.] Anyways last week, me and my girl Lil' Lisa Kim did something soooooo political. We went to protest against the whole Prop 8 mess! Daddy even let us make a new American Apparel Ad Campaign "Legalize Gay; Repeal Prop 8 Now", to coincide with our "Legalize LA; Immigration Reform Now" campaign. We brought a gay army, gurrrrl!!!!! Onch Movement (from that TV Show that I didn't get cast for), Tamoko, Gaybe, Gary and YES THAT IS HER IN THE PIC....BOBBY TRENDY!!!! I never thought I would say this but I never felt so GAY!!!! I can't wait to be Happily Ever After cause someday Prop 8 will be repealed and someday my Prince will come!!!

Check out Makeup's Legalize GAY t-shirts here.

Photo by dovcharney.

Conde Nast Portfolio gives notorious sex addict and workers' rights advocate American Apparel CEO Dov Charney the profile treatment in its November issue. My favorite anecdote:

This sexual aura has cut both ways for American Apparel. Charney has made his name in part through controversy. He once famously masturbated in front of a female journalist. Charney says the reporter, for the now-defunct Jane, took the masturbation out of context. “I was a younger man,” he says, wearily. “The lines were blurred between paramour and reporter.” The reporter has said that her tape recorder or notebook was in full view at all times and that the relationship was professional.

There are seven pages of this.

Photo by, uhhh, dovcharney.

I find American Apparel to be generally obnoxious on the sex front. I think they have obnoxiously sexual advertising, an obnoxiously sexual CEO, and obnoxiously sexual socks. Often, I silently curse American Apparel's sexy ways, only to look down and find my very own body obnoxiously swathed in an entire outfit from American Apparel. Curse you, you sweatshop-free, vertically integrated, irresistibly sexy clothing company.

One upside of AA's sex-obsessed culture is its generous offering of sexy niche magazines. Alongside their sexy fanny packs and sexier dog t-shirts, American Apparel stocks reads like Butt: The Homosexual Quarterly and Girls Like Us: A Lesbian Quarterly. But(t) at around $10 each, these quarterlies don't come cheap—twenty bucks? That'll almost buy you a leg of a Nylon Tricot High-Waisted Zipper Pant! If you can only have one, check out The Sexist's roundup of their fall issues. (Note: The AA Butt is from Autumn 2008; the GLU, strangely, is from 2007).

Cover Models
-GLU: Edgwige Belmore, "a jack-of many trades: ex-actress, ex-model, ex-singer, ex-junkie, ex-cabaretiere, Hindu devotee, flower arranger and decor stylist extraordinaite—but above all—a very glamorous lesbian and cult icon." [Plus 10]
- Butt: Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, "the most adorable gay pop star in the word . . . I completely forgot to ask Jake about the band or a possible upcoming album, but we did talk about musicals." [Plus 5]

"In This Issue" Excuse:
- GLU: "features our usual eclectic dose of interviews pictures and archive material to put a wry smile on your face. This issue is almost entirely composed of random lesbianalia which found its way to Amsterdam via the internet" [Minus 1]
- Butt: "Hey, we decided to take a leap and make this a super super super accelerated issue of BUTT magazine with lots and lots of hot pictures and other stuff to masturbate or finger-fuck on. It's a sexed-up BUTT on speed." [Plus 1]

Genitalia Pictured:
- GLU: Zero [Even]
- Butt: 24 penises—17 photographed [Minus 10], seven sketched by deceased pop artist Keith Haring [Plus 20]

American Apparel Ad Count:
- GLU: one [Minus 1]
- Butt: one [Minus 1]

Unnecessary Exposure in American Apparel Ads:
- GLU: one, a female nipple [Minus 1]
- Butt: one, a male testicle [Minus 1,000]

It's a close one, but last year's Girls Like Us, with seven points, just edges out Butt, with negative 985.