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View this post on Instagram The Unisex Denim Jacket: for brunch and beyond. As worn by @lamiakaravdic A post shared by American Apparel (@americanapparel) on Oct 14, 2018 at 2:31pm PDT American Apparel is (Re)launching in Canada If you’re still hanging onto that threadbare old pair of disco pants (and why wouldn’t you be? Those […]

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For the past three weeks, give or take, an insidious promoted ad has taken hold of my Facebook homepage. “We’re back!,” the ads softly proclaim in telltale Helvetica font. Yes, American Apparel, once the only reliable place to purchase implausibly flattering shiny pants and abbreviated crop tops, is back. After years of precipitous decline, in […]

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It’s time to say goodbye to the retailer that brought disco pants, deep V-necks and  triple stripe tube socks to the masses. It looks like American Apparel, the “Made in USA” brand made famous for their NSFW advertisements and controversial CEO, will soon close its doors for good. It was announced last week that the Bankruptcy Court […]

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Are you completely obsessed with the latest Vetements collection? Well, we kind of are too, but it’s a love-hate relationship. $1,000 for a sweatshirt? No thanks. There’s no denying that Demna Gvasalia has stirred the fashion pot, making us crave raggedy-street-chic tracksuits, oversized shirts and knee-highs. However, while the Vetements vibe is v much on trend […]

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Few things in life can evoke the sheer panic that I experience when it comes time to search for a new pair of jeans, and if that’s the case for me, chances are that many women out there feel the same way. Jeans are at once the simplest wardrobe staple and the most frustrating item […]

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While you’re hoping and praying that each snowfall will be the last of the season, we’re in the office culling through the best in spring trends so that you’re armed and ready once the warmer weather hits (if you haven’t checked out our Spring Trend Report, now would be a good time to do so). […]

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In the last ten years or so, music festivals have morphed from sweaty acquired tastes for music diehards to ultimate destinations for the world’s trendiest denizens to flock to. Coachella, the biggest of the bunch, has doubled in size, now offering its same stellar lineup for two weekends in a row. Beginning this Friday in […]

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See what’s inside Stacey Farber’s bag » Attention Degrassi fans! We’ve got an alum for today’s edition of What’s in Your Bag, and as it so happens, she’s super chic to boot. Stacey Farber has come a long way since her Ellie Nash days, dabbling in both fashion and film since departing the show in […]

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See all 100 holiday dresses under $100 » Now that you’ve gone through our massive holiday gift guide and scored the perfect Christmas present for your loved ones, it’s time to shift focus and give yourself a little attention. Cue the eggnog, gingerbread and flowing champagne as the holiday cocktail parties begin to fill up […]

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5 steps to an Ariana Grande Halloween costume » If you’re not a Nickelodeon fan, you were probably surprised (and maybe scared) at this year’s arrival/reception of Ariana Grande a.k.a. Cat Valentine, the actor-turned-singer who once starred in the network’s Victorious and spin-off, Sam & Cat. And scared you should be: since starting her TV […]

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Oh, the stories I’ve heard about working at American Apparel. The “casting calls” instead of interviews; conference calls from Dov that felt figuratively endless, store visits from Dov that were literal handfuls; the employee discount that was almost always five-fingered; the mirrored table in the staff room that would have made Tony Montana proud. It’s the stories about American Apparel that have always been American Apparel’s most valued currency. The stories proved American Apparel was cool, hot, fun, funny, subversive, edgy, sexy, and if you had a problem with American Apparel then you were none of those things.

A very brief overview: The now 45-year-old Dov Charney founded American Apparel in 1991, a company with a slow burn masquerading as an overnight success. It took twelve years for Charney to move the company from wholesaling in Montreal to a vertically integrated retail empire, and by 2005 the company had produced over $200 million in revenue. Charney quickly became just as noticeable as the stores that were popping up everywhere, famous enough to have Fred Armisen play him on Saturday Night Live.

The stories about Dov Charney’s peculiar proclivities became rumours, and then the rumours became gossip, and then the gossip became fact, an inseparable truth from any other story on American Apparel. As the company grew and grew throughout the first decade of the millennium, Charney became legend, and not necessarily the bad, notorious kind; fawning profiles, like this 2000 one by Malcolm Gladwell, seemed charmed by a man so honestly leading his business by his boners. Business was booming despite—and maybe because of—these stories, so why fix what wasn’t broken?

Meet 5 of summer 2014’s fashion trends »

For better or worse, fashion is a revolving door of must-have items. Each season, a subtle shift in silhouette represents a shift in covetable items—the mini skirt made way for the midi skirt last fall, bringing with it the advent of the flat slip-on, the cropped jacket and so on and so forth.

This season, a few items emerge as must-haves to match summer 2014 fashion trends. Some are retakes on last year’s bets and some are wholly new. Here, we break down what they are, where they came from and how to wear ‘em. For good measure, we threw in some shopping suggestions too.