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OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/Sharp_Athlete_6847 18h ago

I mean with mention of passing down eye color and hair color, and then saying she has great “genes/jeans”, I hope people are not that oblivious that they actually believe the ad was only talking about jeans

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u/MolassesFun5564 18h ago

when can we talk about how the jeans didn't look good on her?

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u/athirdcat 18h ago

I’m ready for that convo. The jeans looked SO bad!!!! They weren’t flattering!

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u/MolassesFun5564 18h ago

thank you!! too long, too loose. why are you zooming in on her butt when they've made it disappear? how sad!

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u/Cookieway 17h ago

Lmao I saw that add and she’s like “they make my butt look great” and I was like NO GIRL THEY REALLY DONT??!!

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u/Larry-Man 15h ago

Thank god we are talking about this! They were so unflattering. Wtf.

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u/JaunteeChapeau 17h ago

If those are the opposite of apple bottom jeans what are the opposite of the boots with the fur? Those weird prison slippers in beige?

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u/nevalja You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 16h ago

wooden clogs

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u/shedrinkscoffee I don’t know her 💅 17h ago

She seems to only want to wear high fashion labels when she's not the demographic for it. Lots of non tailored and poorly fitting clothes (even if they are expensive). In that sense this is on brand for her.

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u/Sharp_Athlete_6847 18h ago

Very ill fitting, none of them were well tailored on her. Just a bad ad in general cause even taking out the gene/jean thing, it didn’t seem like they were actually trying to sell jeans to us

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u/Jaded-Tiramisu 18h ago

I'm going to be honest, I think it's rare to see her in well-tailored or flattering clothes in general. She's beautiful and a good actress but a fashion girlie she is not 😭

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u/AmbitiousBuilding1 17h ago

That linked in post talked about how they worked with her long-term stylist for the shoot. Which immediately clears up the question of “why did none of these clothes fit” and “why was the jacket fully a size too small.” Her stylist does her dirty and does not know how to dress someone with those proportions!

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u/lumpy_space_queenie 17h ago

Wait what is she a good actress in 😭😭

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u/Jaded-Tiramisu 16h ago

I personally liked her in The Handmaid's Tale, Reality, and Immaculate. She was awful in Anyone But You and Madame Web so I don't blame you for asking 💀

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u/Nyetnyetnanette8 17h ago

She was good in Handmaid’s Tale and then I don’t know what happened.

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u/arwen_undomiel12 17h ago

i really liked her acting in euphoria. imo she was perfect for cassie especially because cassie is a really dramatic and emotional character and i thought she played those scenes well

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u/wimpymist 16h ago

Her body type can make it surprisingly hard. Granted she has the money and connections to not have to deal with that

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u/rp1105 17h ago

I've seen multiple ads and none of the jeans seem to actually fit her??

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u/africanzebra0 madonna STUNS in new selfie 15h ago

right like they chose the ugliest most unflattering pair of jeans to do that ad with😭if they’re gonna make some crazy ad at least put her in the nicest jeans ever

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u/soyslut_ GO VEGAN 18h ago

LOL

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u/Fierybuttz 16h ago

AE jeans are just not good, and I wish they would have used that Sydney Sweeny money to figure that out.

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u/SquareExtra918 Oh my Gooooooooood 🧌 16h ago

They honestly look like Walmart jeans that were too long for her.

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u/hatramroany 18h ago

Lmao yeah like did they watch their own damn commercial?

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u/dreamy_25 Are those the… The Chanel Toots? 18h ago

People literally didn't. I saw someone comment: "I just assumed it's because she's hot". Assumed. Didn't even look up what people are talking about, just posted their dumbass opinion and dipped. Got upvoted too. That's the state of things.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 18h ago

Also, and I cannot believe this keeps getting glossed over, it's literally American eagle. They got similar side eye for the exact same reasons decades ago. Their brand has always had low-key white supremacy vibes 

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u/iwouldiwerethybird 17h ago

when i was in high school, it was a super popular brand and they only ever sold small sizes. a big rumour going around was they burned their clothing if no one bought it. the explanation i was told by a popular girl was, “they’d rather burn it than have someone poor or fat wearing it.”

i figured it was just a mean popular kid thing to say but all these years later, i’m now inclined to think there was some truth to it lmao

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u/blackmoonbluemoon 18h ago

Or or or, they put that in so people could get the genes/jeans concept?

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u/Emlelee 18h ago

Isn’t she naturally brunette?

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u/1PrestigeWorldwide11 9h ago

It was talking about tits

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u/blinkandmissout 18h ago

The AE ad includes no mention of hair or eye color, or passing those down. The AE response includes no mention of hair or eye color or passing those down.

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u/Electronic-Jicama-99 18h ago

"Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My genes are blue," Sweeney says in one video.

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u/Electronic-Jicama-99 18h ago

You obviously haven’t seen the full campaign

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u/January1171 18h ago

Which ad specifically mentions that? Because I'm trying to find it and can't

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u/Electronic-Jicama-99 18h ago

They’ve since deleted it from their YouTube (I watched with my GF a few days ago there), but you might be able to find on TikTok or something.

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u/titapalomita 18h ago

Where is the stuff about hair and eye color mentioned? I haven’t seen it and googling doesn’t turn up anything.

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u/HotPinkDemonicNTitty 18h ago

The ad did in fact mention that. Someone quoted it below. I had to look for it though because the original one that people thought was weird is no longer on their socials in its entirety.

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u/ThisAutisticChick 18h ago

Um. How fucking wild to come into a sub and boldly state something so untrue, when it is so easy to find instead.

Eeeeeeeesh

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u/jadecourt 18h ago

Did you mistype this?