American Apparel sold, closing stores

American Apparel has been sold to Gildan, plans to close all US stores and move manufacturing outside of the US:
http://gothamist.com/2017/01/1.....pparel.php

7 years ago

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19 replies

Latest reply was from Jeanie

carter

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Never heard of it. Is it a store you liked? Those mannequins would send me running though;-)

7 years ago

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Remarkable. After everything the company did to keep manufacturing IN the US.

7 years ago

LaPed

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Ugh. That's a sad way for them to end, though the end has been nigh for a long while. They've made some terrible management and marketing decisions over the years. I used to love AA, but the quality took a nosedive when they started to diversify and move away from 100% cotton basics. Guess I'll be hanging on to all my old tshirts and interlock miniskirts until they fall apart, for nostalgia's sake.

7 years ago

Echo

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Given AA's founder and the soft-porn shots on its website, I could never stomach the brand. Good riddance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/0.....xual-haras

7 years ago

rachylou

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Wow. Didn't see that coming.

7 years ago

Greyscale

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They were a company I wanted to love, but they sure did everything they could to make me hate them.

But, I appreciated their products.

7 years ago

Anonymous

Gildan is a fine-gauge knitwear manufacturer - which is interesting . AA always seemed sleazy to me , although it admittedly read all of the stories about him with a certain amount of perverse glee .

7 years ago

Jaime

(website)

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I can't feel sympathetic.

7 years ago

annagybe

(website)

Veteran

I miss their original mission. I still have a long sleeve v-neck black tee, wearing it right now.

7 years ago

Gigi

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That's too bad, in that I liked the idea of manufacturing clothing in the US. But like Echo, I found the models' pictures pornographic and won't miss that.

7 years ago

Ginger

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Greyscale said it for me.

7 years ago

El Cee

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Ditto what Shevia just said.

7 years ago

Janet

(website)

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I agree with Greyscale. I wanted to like them because of their original mission, but what a skeeveball owner.

7 years ago

Lisa

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I did not know this, thanks for the heads up!

7 years ago

Anonymous

Didn't know anything about him or the company. But now that I do. Good riddance.

7 years ago

Isabel

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I am not surprised. They have declared bankruptcy a couple of times and was very controversial. The CEO / Owner had some huge personal , ethical and moral issues and people have been boycotting it for years. I am surprised it made it this far.

7 years ago

barbaraq

Active Member

If anyone is interested, AA in the University District in Seattle is apparently going to be a liquidation center for merchandise from other locations. It has extended its current lease until April. (For the record, I am not a fan of the company as it existed under the last CEO either.)

7 years ago

Greyscale

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I do really love my silver leggings (for Burning Man, costumes, etc). Maybe I should buy another pair.

7 years ago

Jeanie

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I've been listening to a Podcast called Startup that is about Dov Charney and how he is going about starting up a new brand since he was ousted from AP. He is very controversial but really made the company what it was and was responsible for the sexy ads. Looks like they couldn't make it work without him.

7 years ago

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