Before becoming a ubiquitous retail presence, American Apparel was a maverick wholesaler in East L.A. out to prove that a clothing label manufactured in the U.S., free of sweatshop labor ...

American Apparel Inc., founded by Dov Charney in 1997, rose to profitability as a T-shirt maker with an unconventional business model. Countering the almost universal garment-industry practice of ...