Photos: American Apparel reboots

Workers at American Apparel sew and package the company’s black hoodies at the downtown Los Angeles factory.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

American Apparel workers package the company’s garments in L.A.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

An employee operates machinery in the knitwear division at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Skilled hands still guide the machines and tools that make the knitwear at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Skilled hands still guide the machines and tools that make the knitwear at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Spools of brightly colored yarn and thread are used to stitch some of the knitwear at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Freshly cut red tank tops are ready for final assembly at American Apparel in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A quality control team inspects merchandise at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Paula Schneider is the new CEO of American Apparel.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

American Apparel is toning down its sexy ads.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians cross 7th Street in front of the American Apparel building in downtown Los Angeles.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)