American Apparel Inc.

American Apparel is a company concerned with human factors and our primary target market is young adults. Rather than exploit cheap labor, we leverage art, design, and technology to advance our business.

American Apparel, a leading domestic manufacturer and retailer of casual fashion basics, is a privately held company.

American Apparel owner Dov Charney has been a passionate producer of T-shirts and related apparel for over 10 years (an obsession that can be traced back to his teens in Montreal). Charney, an early pioneer of the woman's tee, went on to build American Apparel, a vertically integrated, made-in-the-USA, sweatshop-free enterprise. Under his leadership, the downtown Los Angeles operation has grown into the single largest domestic clothing manufacturer. For both his business acumen and his commitment to his workers, Charney was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young as well as "Man of the Year" separately by Apparel Magazine, The Fashion Industry Guild and the Ad Specialty Industry. In 2006, The Los Angeles Times Magazine included Charney in the "100 Most Powerful People of Southern California" and, the same year, Details Magazine named him in their "Power 50" list. With American Apparel, Charney has created job opportunities for over 5,000 people and offers his garment workers unprecedented wages and benefits.

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