Dov Charney’s Demise and the Future of LA’s Garment District

The highly controversial and scrutinized lifestyle of Dov Charney, the founder of American Apparel, has cost him the top job at the company he founded. Unlike most apparel companies, American Apparel does not outsource its labor. The majority of its manufacturing is done in a seven-story factory in downtown Los Angeles, where workers make an average of twelve dollars an hour and often more than $100 a day.