American Apparel Inc., founded by Dov Charney in 1997 ... Charney located his company headquarters and manufacturing facility in the same building in downtown Los Angeles, paying his factory workers ...

N, R at 8th St.-NYU; 6 at Astor Pl. 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 ...