Is American Apparel losing its (neon) shirt because it ignored its core audience?

Is American Apparel losing its (neon) shirt because it ignored its core audience?

American Apparel, the sportswear company proudly "made in downtown L.A." may be on its last legging-clad legs.

 
Nostalgia takes flight with Pan Am logo line

Nostalgia takes flight with Pan Am logo line

While I was recently scouring downtown Los Angeles for fashionable finds for the downtown style issue, I noticed...

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WahooÂ’s, Coolhaus

Wahoo's, Coolhaus

Taste-test L.A.'s hottest food trucks on Sept. 5. Get tix now.

Football fantasy game

Football fantasy game

Pick the winners and you could win too. Play for free now.

DonÂ’t get 'bumped'

Don't get 'bumped'

Let L.A. see your ads during Political Protection Period.

Mobile Offers & Deals

Mobile Offers & Deals

Text OFFERS to 52669 to receive special offers via your phone.

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Shopping: MNG by Mango teams with JCPenney

Shopping: MNG by Mango teams with JCPenney

JCPenney is hopping on the European fast-fashion autostrada by teaming up with Mango to put MNG by Mango shops in select Penney stores and...

Scene & Heard: Geffen Playhouse's 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' party

Scene & Heard: Geffen Playhouse's 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' party

Following the fourth cast's premiere in "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," theater-goers proceeded from Westwood's Geffen Playhouse to the...

Photos: Lady Gaga fans at Staples Center

Photos: Lady Gaga fans at Staples Center

The Times photographs fans and their Gaga-inspired outfits as they wait to see the pop singer perform at the Staples Center.

Hair, nails and abs

Hair, nails and abs

Throughout many booms and busts, the various districts of downtown Los Angeles have climbed ever so close to the peak of residential...

Scene & Heard: Rubbing elbows

Scene & Heard: Rubbing elbows

A NOW Festival after-party at REDCAT, plus a seaside affair at the Jonathan Beach Club in Santa Monica.

Cars and fashion: An intertwined history

Cars and fashion: An intertwined history

Car culture and the fashion world have a long, intertwined history, from the early motoring influences of Alfred Dunhill, who, in the...

Available now, gone in a flash

Available now, gone in a flash

It's just after 9 a.m. on the West Coast and the competition is already out in force at GiltGroupe.com. The countdown has started on the...

Shopping: Madonna's got new material

Shopping: Madonna's got new material

Macy's is betting on its lucky stars that young women will be hung up on its Material Girl collection.

Scene & Heard: HollyRod Foundation's DesignCare '10 fundraiser

Scene & Heard: HollyRod Foundation's DesignCare '10 fundraiser

Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, welcomed more than 500 guests to the historic Green Acres...

Wardrobes in history

Wardrobes in history

From Cleopatra to Carrie Bradshaw, a need for that special place.

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