H&M fakes neo-Nazi metal bands to promote clothing

[imblurredout]

I listened to this type of music when I was 14, I´m sorry if I didn´t make this clear enough. I´ll warn you next time I´m being ironic.

It's "KoRn" not "Corn" by the way

[Nickefuge]

It's "KoRn" not "Corn" by the way

No, I think he was right:

[gregor]

^

now, the news is a few days old, but i absolutely love it. the amount of effort only to end up like this is a little disheartening, and though it's scary to see the amount of work that goes into making ads subtle, i think it's a little relieving and telling that it's relatively easily to debunk if you try.

[Nickefuge]

Saw a hipster-punk kiddo on the tram the other day with a massive cheap monday logo tatt on his neck.

With or without the upside-down cross on it?
Why did they remove it from their logo anyway?
Did some moms complain about their children turning into satanists?

[Shucks]

With or without the upside-down cross on it?
Why did they remove it from their logo anyway?
Did some moms complain about their children turning into satanists?

it was removed when they were bought by H&M (who don't want anything 'controversial' to get in the way of their world domination or hint at what fucking degenerates they really are).

[shisou]

On the topic of creating a web of deceit on the web (fake wikipedia articles, websites, etc), this recent article discusses a course titled Lying About the Past at George Mason University in which students were made to do this as an assessment task: http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...reddit/257134/

perhaps of some relevance to H&M's malicious marketing stunt

[shisou]

a bit of a tangent, but on the topic of "fashion" brands marketing underground/"alternative"/indie music to sell clothes, I am still not too sure what to make of the 7 different Spacemen 3 t-shirts the Japanese brand Lad Musician is selling this season for between 9,500-13,000 yen.

http://www.fashionsnap.com/news/2015-02-13/lad-sonic-boom/

Lad Musician aint exactly H&M, it is their 20th anniversary, the designer, Yuichi Kuroda, is a big fan of the band and Sonic Boom is onboard (no word from Jason, as far as I know) but still.......

"For all the fucked up children of this world....", Lad Musician gives you a tee!

[julian_doe]

I listened to this type of music when I was 14, I´m sorry if I didn´t make this clear enough. I´ll warn you next time I´m being ironic.

It's "KoRn" not "Corn" by the way

...I regret having said anything...

[brettwagg]

a bit of a tangent, but on the topic of "fashion" brands marketing underground/"alternative"/indie music to sell clothes, I am still not too sure what to make of the 7 different Spacemen 3 t-shirts the Japanese brand Lad Musician is selling this season for between 9,500-13,000 yen.

http://www.fashionsnap.com/news/2015-02-13/lad-sonic-boom/

Lad Musician aint exactly H&M, it is their 20th anniversary, the designer, Yuichi Kuroda, is a big fan of the band and Sonic Boom is onboard (no word from Jason, as far as I know) but still.......

"For all the fucked up children of this world....", Lad Musician gives you a tee!

Peter Kember needs to get his heroin money someway!

[SafetyKat]

However, I never quite understood the attraction towards nu-metal or rap-metal, and much less the "juggalo" thing.

I work a side job at a convenience store, you would not believe the amount of times I check out a person buying faygo and catch glimpses of ICP tattoos and brandings (yes like a hot iron brand for cows).

Fads man, I think they influence more of us than we'd expect


In terms of the H&M thing though, I think the fact of weather the company falsified information is irrelevant. What it really comes down to is how quickly and thoroughly the information is disseminated into the public and how many consumers pick up a now semi- ironic product. Its all about publicity. No press is bad press, especially for large "rebellious" clothing companies *cough cough* Urban Outfitters *cough cough*

[Mezeinee]

Now this is bad, because some naive 13 year old teen will think it's cool and edgy, will buy it making a statement while wearing it and having no clue about the whole story behind it! Shame on H&M. Urban Outfitters is also notoriously known for this kind of stuff, look here:

Mocking depression and promoting anorexia?!



Faking a mass killing uni sweater, including fake blood stains:

[Arkady]

There's something kind of fucking hilarious about that Kent State sweater, though. Call it meta-commentary.