I love the Sex Pistols. I love the Clash. And because I'm a cliché, I've owned and regularly wear several pairs of both Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars and Vans. So why, then, do I shudder with contempt when I see that said shoe companies are using said defunct bands to sell their wares? I spotted the below advertisement for Vans painted on the corner of Christopher & Bleecker yesterday afternoon, and I spotted this item on the Clash shoe (or should that be Clashoe?) this morning. Insert rote & predictable "is nothing sacred?" exclamation of naïve outrage here.
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