{"id":882,"date":"2009-01-24T02:29:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2009-01-24T02:29:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:29:12","slug":"andre-3000-is-losing-his-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Andre 3000 is Losing His Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-884\" title=\"andre3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/andre3000.jpg\" alt=\"andre3000\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/andre3000.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/andre3000-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the new issue of GQ magazine hits newsstands, Outkast&#8217;s Andre 3000 will be in competition with labels such as Save Khaki, Robert Geller, Yigal Azrou\u00ebl, Shipley &amp; Halmos, and Rogues Gallery for the title of The Best New Designer In America. While the high-end line has been praised by the likes of GQ and the New Yorker, the praise has not translated into increased sales.<\/p>\n<p>A visit to Barneys.com confirms this weekend&#8217;s report by Whoohah.com that some of the items in Andre&#8217;s Benjamin Bixby collection have been cut to less than half their original retail price.<\/p>\n<p>According to the exclusive report, &#8220;The problem is no one is buying the clothing line because of the high price point and no brand equity. As a result, the Benjamin Bixby clothing line has had to dramatically drop prices in order to move inventory and prevent retailers from shipping it all back to Mr. Benjamin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At press time, neither Andre nor any representatives from his Benjamin Bixby clothing line have responded to the reports of their sales troubles.<\/p>\n<p>Just goes to show that just because you have good style, doesn&#8217;t mean you can be a good designer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the new issue of GQ magazine hits newsstands, Outkast&#8217;s Andre 3000 will be in competition with labels such as Save Khaki, Robert Geller, Yigal Azrou\u00ebl, Shipley &amp; Halmos, and Rogues Gallery for the title of The Best New Designer In America. While the high-end line has been praised by the likes of GQ and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}