American Apparel

PHOTOS: American Apparel Has Instagram!

Posted 05.01.2012

American Apparel is on the Instagram bandwagon. The Los Angeles-based clothing company, known for its hipster-approved threads and simple, colorful ba...

The Worst Coachella Style Guide

Annie Stamell | Posted 04.12.2012

Annie Stamell

If you want to meet your future spouse in a pair of acid-washed overall shorts and a neon orange tank top and moccasins and a Banksy tattoo on their wrist, then you are in luck! This is the place for you!

WATCH: Dov Says His Lawsuits Are 'Testimony To My Success'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.11.2012

American Apparel CEO Dov Charney did not fail to live up to his reputation Tuesday in a frank exchange with CNBC reporter Jane Wells -- the first inte...

PHOTOS: American Apparel Ads Banned For... Being American Apparel Ads

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 04.25.2012

We love to tease Britain's ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) for being somewhat overzealous, banning ads left and right because one or two grandmo...

American Apparel's 'Sex Slave' Lawsuit Thrown Out

Posted 03.22.2012

It appears that American Apparel's famous CEO may be out of hot water, for now. A Brooklyn judge threw out a lawsuit Thursday accusing Dov Charney,...

PHOTOS: What Would Happen If The Goldman Sachs Logo Went Hipster

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.19.2012

If your favorite brands were run by hipsters, would their logos wear skinny jeans? Thanks to graphic artist Dave Spengeler and his Tumblr, Hipster ...

Troubled LA Retailer Gets Big Credit From Famous Hedge Fund

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.12.2012

Looks like billionaire George Soros and American Apparel CEO Dov Charney now have more in common than the lawsuits they both currently face with forme...

Interview With Imp Kerr

Posted 03.01.2012

Imp Kerr is an enigmatic artist and graphic designer based in New York. HuffPost Arts first heard about her in 2007, when a series of racy faux-Americ...

PHOTO: Did American Apparel Give A Black Model A White Hand?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 03.02.2012

UPDATE: As it turns out, it was option #1. American Apparel confirms that the model was, indeed, wearing a bodysuit. An earlier version of this story ...

Here's Why American Apparel Is Losing The Hipster Vote

Alice Hines | Posted 02.24.2012

Thieving hipsters, take note. American Apparel will be tagging every neon legging, velvet bodysuit, V-neck t-shirt and iconic hoodie with an RFID ...

Ditch The Foam Fingers! 10 Style Tips For The Super Bowl

Posted 02.01.2012

Super Bowl Sunday is coming up this weekend, and football fans are counting down the days until the Giants and Patriots face off. But if foam fingers...

Fun Printed Tights To Ward Off Winter Fashion Blues!

Posted 01.09.2012

Winter fashion means colorful peacoats, cozy sweaters, and lots of knit scarves and hats. But just because it's cold outside doesn't mean you have t...

Girls' Fashion: 10 Stylish Sweatshirts To Live In This Winter

Posted 01.06.2012

It's time to put your ratty old Michigan State hoodie on the shelf. Sweatshirts may have once been associated with lazy-day ensembles or athletic app...

NSFW PHOTOS: American Apparel Holiday Ads Are Exactly What You'd Expect

Posted 12.24.2011

It wouldn't be an American Apparel holiday without topless girls in scarves. The clothing company, which has been mired in bankruptcy rumors for mo...

The Biggest Teen Fashion Crazes Of 2011 -- Hits Or Misses?

Sara Gartman | Posted 12.22.2011

The year may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the trends that became popular during 2011 have to. From leopard-print everything to fingerle...

NYE Style Guide! 8 Dapper Looks For Dudes

Sara Gartman | Posted 12.22.2011

Fellas, December is winding down and it's about time to start thinking about what you're going to wear on New Year's Eve. Just because you're going o...

WATCH: American Apparel's Plus-Size Contest Winner Speaks

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.23.2011

Nancy Upton took some pictures and made a Tumblr. Three weeks later, she's on the "Today" Show. The plus-sized Texas woman, if you recall, entered...

PICS: Nancy Upton Won American Apparel's Contest... Then They Took It Away From Her

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.14.2011

You may recall Nancy Upton, the clever plus-size gal who ironically entered herself in America Apparel's "The Next Big Thing" modeling contest. In her...

PHOTOS: One Plus-Size Woman's Response To American Apparel

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.07.2011

Remember that American Apparel's plus-size model contest, the one that called on self-respecting women with "full-sized fannies" to submit their model...

American Apparel Is A Fan Of 'Full-Sized Fannies'

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.25.2011

The folks at American Apparel love them a good pun. The also, apparently, love their shapely customers. Jezebel noted that the retailer has debuted...

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American Apparel Worker Crushed By Factory Machine

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.22.2011

An American Apparel factory worker died last Friday at California's West Anaheim Medical Center after being crushed by a circular knitting machine, th...

American Apparel 'Teenagers Do It Better' Tee: Out Of Line Or Totally Tame? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.09.2011

The savvy shoppers over at SheFinds brought this lovely product to our attention: American Apparel's "Teenagers Do It Better" tee shirt. Oy. You'd t...

Hipsters Will Buy Anything: American Apparel Sells $15 Rice Paddy Hat

Disgrasian | Posted 09.30.2011

Disgrasian

I've been seeing white people wearing rice paddy hats around town lately and had begun to wonder if Los Angeles was making some sort of shift into an ...

Almost Half Of Americans Have Dealt With Bad Bosses

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.06.2011

Having a dysfunctional boss can ruin any job. And unfortunately for employees across the country, having a bad boss turns out to be a pretty common ex...

10 Brands That Will Disappear Next Year

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 08.21.2011

24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NY...