Woody Allen wins $5M from American Apparel

That’s a whole lotta hot water AA keeps pouring on themselves. Sometimes the public just needs to be shocked by good products, service and marketing.

In the spring of 2007, my company American Apparel put up two billboards depicting an image of Woody Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew, from the movie “Annie Hall,” one in New York City and the other in Los Angeles. They were up for less than a week, and when Mr. Allen’s representatives asked that we take them down, we did so immediately. Nonetheless, Mr. Allen subsequently filed a lawsuit against American Apparel, demanding $10 million for the unauthorized use of his image. Photo from American Apparel. Please click link for complete statement.