American Apparel Seeks $5 Million Over 'Exploding' Nail Polish Bottles

by Lisa Schweitzer (Subscribe to Lisa Schweitzer's posts)
Posted Jan 24th 2011 at 12:45PM

American Apparel has filed a suit against the nail polish's manufacturer, Forstyth for $5 million. Courtesy of American Apparel

There's breaking news from beloved-but-edgy basics retailer American Apparel regarding its nail polish line.

According to a report in the New York Post, American Apparel has filed suit against the nail polish's manufacturer, Forsyth, in Manhattan federal court. The suit seeks upward of $5 million for fraud, product liability and breach of contract.

In court papers, Forsythe denied the allegations, calling them "a suspense-novel-worthy chain of melodramatic alleged events."

American Apparel issued the following statement about the case:

American Apparel set out to produce this nail lacquer collection with a Made in USA company, and our deep affection for this family-owned corporation was a motivating factor in our decision to work with Forsythe. But one thing we value even more is the safety and health of our customers. This is why American Apparel paid for the costly international recall out of its own pocket, even trading one old bottle for two new bottles of polish to all customers, immediately after we discovered problems with the packaging. We wish no ill-will towards this fellow American manufacturer, but need to seek a fair and accountable solution to this incident.

In related news, American Apparel got jaws dropping with their raciest ads yet.

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Filed under: Beauty, News, Makeup
Tags: American Apparel, American Apparel nail polish, beauty products, court, hazardous, legal trouble, nail polish, nails, recall

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jim, 1-24-2011, 8:41PM

The CEO and Founder of American Apparel is a loathsome sob who treats his employees like virtual slaves and then lies about it; anyone who buys the clothes of this crappy company is supporting the worst of the worst of corporate abuse.

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Robert Mitidiero, 1-24-2011, 5:33PM

I worked in the paint department at Ace Hardware for over 30 years.
Customers would often complain about paying $20. for a gallon of paint. More often it was the women who had control of the spending. Women never stop to realize that they pay $4. to $6. for a 1/2 ounce or less of nail polish. ( Chanel Polish is $15.00 a bottle ) Keeping that in mind a gallon of paint has 128 oz. At an average of $5. a bottle for nail polish X 128 oz. thats $640.00 a gallon, or $1,920 a gallon for Chanel. Which doesn't last any where as long as a coat of wall paint, yet $20. is too much to pay. Who is the rip off? What price we are willing to pay for vaninty.

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schoonmakr, 1-24-2011, 5:45PM

How dare you start a video playing while we are just trying to read some text? And a BRITISH ACCENT to sell an American product to AMERICANS, to boot! I am VERY offended.

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