Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images A sign hangs above an American Apparel store in the Wicker Park neighborhood September 4, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2014, Dov Charney was ousted as CEO of American Apparel amid a workplace harassment scandal. Today, the entrepreneur remains in the clothing industry and has worked with a famous rapper’s apparel ...

American Apparel’s billboards were hard to miss when traversing Los Angeles in the 2000s. The ubiquitous ads for the L.A.-based clothing company featured gritty, amateurish photos of seemingly ...

Hundreds of styles of cotton fabrics in countless colors, racy advertisements featuring scantily clad women in provocative positions, neon and gold lamé leggings and leotards, and leg−warmers fit for ...

Thanks to TikTok, the obsession with ‘indie sleaze’ is back – and for those who actually lived through the scene in the noughties, American Apparel was a core part of the fashion at the time. One of ...

Netflix's Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel chronicled the fashion empire Dov Charney built — and lost. The iconic mid-2000s brand, known for its effortlessly cool basics and racy ad campaigns, ...

Best known for their provocative and risque advertising campaigns – and their high-rise and high shine disco pants – American Apparel was the ‘it’ brand of the 2000s indie sleaze era. But behind its ...

Netflix's Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel delves into the rise and fall of the clothing brand. The documentary also explores sexual harassment and abuse allegations against former CEO Dov ...