American Apparel

"There are garment factories in the U.S. where employees have union contracts, get full family health benefits, decent wages, three and four weeks of paid vacations, a decent pension and respect from their supervisors. When you buy a shirt, a dress, a suit or a T-shirt from these companies, you can shop with a conscience. This isn't the case at American Apparel."

"I’m not sure if you could universally say sex doesn’t sell any more. [But] as soon as the brand loses that genuine claim to be something fresh and representing its customers, it has got to find something else to pitch itself as, and I’m not sure American Apparel has."

"Sex is inextricably linked to fashion and apparel. It has been and always will be. And our clothing is connected to our sexual expression."

"I love the American Apparel long-sleeve waffle shirt. You can't do it too much. If you wear a long-sleeve black T-shirt every single day, nobody's going to say, "That guy wears a long-sleeve black T-shirt too much." If you're wearing a sweatshirt that says "Gap Est. 1969" on it, you've got a couple days of wearing that before someone goes, "Why don't you do some laundry?""

"American Apparel, Charney’s clothing company, is going against the trend of globalization in clothing manufacturing; he’s making mad cash with unbranded T-shirts, all locally produced in his downtown L.A. factory."