Anybody remember the original "douchebag from a mile away" brand Von Dutch? It was the precursor to Ed Hardy and the eventual social sell-out of the Affliction brand. Every meat-head asshole was rocking a Von Dutch trucker hat (I specifically remember this guy in Vegas who looked like Criss Angel and drove a yellow Plymouth Prowler.. total douche.) and every high maintenance chick who dated one of these guys owned one in pink.
And then it just disappeared.
My roommate just told me an interesting story about the fate of Von Dutch. Apparently, the 2 guys who owned it had been best friends for decades. One night, one of them was drunk and pilled out, and went at the other one with a broken bottle, and stabbed him. That guy then shot the other and killed him in self-defense.
The owner who lived spent 5 months in solitary confinement before he was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.
Society, families, humanity, the world in general: 0. Pharmaceutical and Alcohol Companies: +1.
-Anderson Rowe
I'd say that's a point for society.
ReplyDeleteAnd that it's a -2 for big pharm - sounds like they lost two loyalists.
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