In 2013, American Apparel, which has thousands of workers, hired a valet service to park employees’ cars because of rapid development near the factory in downtown Los Angeles. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Dov Charney, the founder of American Apparel, has battled repeated accusations of sexual harassment in recent years and had been publicly backed by the company. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Work in American Apparel’s garment dye factory in South Gate in 2012. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
In 2011, American Apparel lashed out when four female former employees filed a sexual harassment lawsuit. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
American Apparel lost $270 million over a four-year period while Dov Charney earned nearly $28 million in total compensation. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
The view from American Apparel’s building in downtown last year. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
A worker inspects shoes. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Dov Charney in his home in New York in 2006. (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)
Immigration reform has long been a cause championed by American Apparel. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Dov Charney announces at a rally on Dec. 11, 2003, in downtown Los Angeles that American Apparel’s downtown plant would be closed the next day in sympathy with a statewide strike of Latino workers and students. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)
