Dov Charney news and archive

Los Angeles Apparel closes after workplace sees coronavirus outbreak

Maintaining social distancing in factories is a challenge. For sewers of fast fashion products, cramped workplaces are often the norm, and not just in the Far East. In the UK, a factory in Leicester was called out by the Sunday Times for failing to protect workers from Covid-19. In the US, Dov Charney’s Los Angeles Apparel factory was closed...

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Dov Charney offers up factories for mask production

Disgraced former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney appears to be trying to rehabilitate his image. His latest attempt involves him offering up his factory for his new brand Los Angeles Apparel to produce masks to protect people from coronavirus. Charney says that his team of over 450 people will gladly manufacture masks and any medical products...

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Dov Charney owns 2.2 million dollars in legal fees

On Monday, a California judge declared that the law firm of Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP did not commit any legal malpractice while representing Dov Charney, the former CEO of American Apparel, and that Charney must now pay them 2.2 million dollars in legal fees. The news was first reported by Law 360. Prior to Monday's hearing,...

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Dov Charney expects to surpass 20 million dollars in annual sales with new company

Nearly a year ago, former American Apparel founder Dov Charney started a new apparel company. Dubbed Los Angeles Apparel, it seems that his new venture is expected to do well. In August of last year, he told FashionUnited that he was in the development and research stage of a new company. Months later, the endeavor has been publicly confirmed as...

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Dov Charney considers overseas factories as American Apparel flounders without him

London - It seems as if Dov Charney’s predications that American Apparel would go down without him have come to bear fruit. The US apparel company filed for Chapter 11 for the second time in less than a year yesterday, as its new owners failed to succeed in turning the company around. The eccentric founder of Made in the USA fashion label...

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American Apparel files for Chapter 11 once more

London - American Apparel has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States once more, less than a year after it emerged from its first filing under court protection. The second bankruptcy comes as American Apparel agrees to sell its its global intellectual property rights related to the brand and certain assets to...

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Back with a vengeance: The return of Dov Charney

London - When Dov Charney exited his role as CEO from American Apparel, he boldly pledged he would be back. Tenacious, shrewd, determined and controversial, Charney has been planning his return with a new business and company, that according to WWD is called The Los Angeles Apparel Co. His website, ThatsLosAngeles.net, features a photo montage...

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Dov Charney starts anew with innovative apparel company

Los Angeles - Since American Apparel LLC has been up for sale, it’s been a mystery as to who will make a bid on the Los Angeles-based company. Although it may be assumed that founder and former CEO Dov Charney would be interested, at the moment he’s got other things on his plate. Although he previously told FashionUnited that he would keep an “...

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Dov Charney: "Corruption, Greed and Incompetence" has led to American Apparel sale

American Apparel LLC may be up for sale, but Dov Charney, the enigmatic founder and former CEO of the Made in the USA retailer may not necessarily be the first in line to make a bid. However, Charney says he will keep an “open mind” when it comes to the sale of American Apparel. "I would be open to hearing out their proposal, if they approached...

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Timeline: The American Apparel saga continues with whispers of a sale

American Apparel has found itself under the spotlight once more, as news emerges that its new owners and former creditors have hired investment bank Houlihan Lokey to investigate options for a sale. A potential sale would come six months after the LA-based retailer exited its Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and kicked started its restructuring scheme,...

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American Apparel taps investment bank to explore sale options

London - Although the door may have closed on American Apparel bankruptcy the story continues on, as the retailer forges on with its restructure and reorganization plan. However, now things appeared to have taken a sudden twist (or perhaps not so sudden) as American Apparel is said to have hired investment bank Houlihan Lokey to explore options...

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Dov Charney to be back with a new apparel venture

He might have just lost the case to re-gain the reigns of American Apparel, but Dov Charney is not planning to stay out of the business for long. The polemical fashion businessman already counts with the financial backing from current supporters to launch a new venture. “We are backing Dov on a new venture,” said Chad Hagan of Hagan Capital...