gamache, I think he's referring to the AA retail store and the various brightly and unusually coloured offerings inside of it, while you seem to be referring to AA's T-Shirts.

I am the owner of an AA tagged T-shirt; black, with a modest picture of a prinny on it, of good quality. So I see your point about the stuff being "good." But as to what's on display in the retail stores, their "designer fashion" is really truly gawd awful. I wouldn't call it "bland and tasteless" though--it is a full-on assult on one's sensibilities.