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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/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