Through Death and Devastation Alfred Angelo Tweets about “A Line Bodices “

Posted on October 31, 2012 Written by 9 Comments

By Paul Pannone

Freedom of speech and now freedom of Tweets is a wonderful thing but with the freedom comes responsibility. Of course no one has the right to silence another or even tell them what to say. But it seems inappropriate to be talking about anything commercial while people’s lives are ruined by one of the worst storms to devastate the east coast.

 

We doubt that people devastated by the impact of this week’s storm care about A-line bodices.

 

In the midst of the storm, Alfred Angelo tweeted:

The newest wedding trend is in–Asymmetrical bodices! They are the perfect combination of elegance and fun. See them at alfredangelo.com

The tweet seemed random, awkward and out-of-place for the moment and brought criticism from members of the Wedding business, including the Wedding Water Cooler group. One Coolie summed the tweet up by saying:

“As I sit in my living room with my firewood and my pet, watching the trees sway and hoping none fall on my house (like the huge one that took out half my yard last winter) – and my husband texts me to tell me that the roads are flooded in downtown DC…and to call my mom to see if she is OK…. I think…. Damn, A-symmetrical is SO LAST SEASON. Let’s get with the program. Power is on for now, and so is the internet. The only thing that would explain that post is that the person that wrote it, must be in China.”

Other members of the group including competitors of Alfred Angelo could only shake their heads in disgust.

Angelo’s Tweet stood out among other trite posts and e-mail blasts promoting cheesy, upcoming “Hollywood” shows and look at ME, ME, ME, posts wanting attention. To single out Alfred Angelo seems unfair. But given the circumstances and devastation all around us this week it’s no more unfair than the millions of people who are sitting in the dark or who’ve lost homes and even worse, loved-ones; that is unfair.

So far we have received no response to our criticism from Alfred Angelo.

What do you think? Is tweeting and posting as usual during a horrific event right?

 

 

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/wa.jacqui Jacqui Wadsworth

    There’s a time to move forward with life, but it’s not
    during the midst of the disaster.
    Weathering the storm is first, compassion is next, and business as usual
    is last. And after a disaster of this
    magnitude, most people check their moral compass, and see what they can do to
    help those who have been afflicted, not come up with inane, and dated sales
    jargon. I see Alfred Angelo’s lack of
    response to what was really happening as indicative of their corporate truth,
    profit first and last, underlined by no concern with who they mow down in order
    to achieve it, whether they be wholesale or retail customer, or employee.

    The Chinese have an old saying that it takes 3 generations
    for a company or family to rise and fall.
    Is this Alfred Angelo’s third generation? Perhaps their crass tweet is the opening note
    of their swan song.

  • LisaSueL

    I totally agree. This was my Tweet on Monday night:
    29 Oct
    Lili Bridals-Lisa L
    ‏@lilibridals
    “ok, guys, really–pls stop tweeting about bridal
    fashions right now, no one cares. Our East Coast friends are being
    battered by #Sandy

    Thanks for calling them out.

    • eWedNewz

      Lisa, I wrote a story prompted by Alfred Angelo’s behavior. There were countless others doing the same thing. According to the most recent poll result 40% said what they did was OK or their right to do whatever they want.

      Our choice at eWedNewz was to break our normal pattern and not tweet the newZ. Whether we agree or disagree with the actions of others we did the story and let our readers speak their mind.

      Thanks so much for commenting and we hope you will continue to do so.

      Sincerely,

      eWedNewz

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  • http://www.favorsbydorinda.com/ FavorsbyDorinda

    As someone who was affected by this storm, no power for 6 days, we actually fared well compared to my friends around me. Some lost their home, their cars, thank goodness no one lost their life. There is a time and a place for everything. Tweeting about fashion during a disaster is NOT the time nor the place. Yes, it’s freedom of speech, blah blah blah, but compassion should trump any form of advertising. Perhaps a better tweet would have been “we are praying for the safety of our East coast customers & vendors during Hurricane Sandy” and they wouldn’t have used their 140 characters to do it. But hey, to each their own. Now, we all see what matters most to them…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.duhe Max Duhe

    While I certainly sympathize with people who have been hurt from the storm (my parents still don’t have power, I have friends who lost cars, and one friend who even lost her her home), it is wrong to get hot and bothered about this. Of course people can advertise during times of tragedy. I don’t recall a moratorium on advertising because of the Syrian civil war or when a famine was declared in Somalia last year. This spat exists because a large number of web connected people were affected by the hurricane; but, someone is always suffering somewhere – whether or not he or she has access to Twitter.

    • eWedNewz

      Max, you are not alone in your thinking; 31% of the poll says “Yes, it’s a free country and totally fine”…. and dropping. It was much higher.

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