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Legalize LA. Legalize LA was an activist campaign promoting amnesty for illegal immigrants, propagated through billboards, protests, clothing, advertisements, educational pamphlets, and grass roots support, underwritten by American Apparel. [1] [2] Originating locally in Downtown Los Angeles, the company took the campaign national in early 2008.
Some of the company's other ads, which feature nudity or sexual themes, have been banned by various advertising authorities. In 2009, an American Apparel ad which appeared in VICE Magazine was banned in the UK, because the image "could be seen to sexualise a model who appears to be a child". American Apparel complied with this ruling.
Dov Charney in 2008. Born. ( 1969-01-31) January 31, 1969 (age 55) Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969) is a Canadian entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. [1] [2] He is the CEO of Yeezy and the founder of American Apparel, [3] which was one of the largest garment manufacturers in the United States until its ...
Controversy is once again swirling around the popular and seemingly ubiquitous clothing chain American Apparel. It's come under fire for its provocative ads, for the sexual harassment suits ...
Politically correct clothing company American Apparel -- which made a name for itself manufacturing its clothing in the U.S.A. -- is proving how painful it is to be hip. The company warned ...
dovcharney/FlickrAmerican Apparel founder Dov Charney. By Alex Dobuzinskis Clothing company American Apparel has accused ousted founder Dov Charney of using ethnic slurs against workers and ...
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009. Its topics relating to things such as witchcraft have generated controversy. The second oldest works featured on the list were written by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is often challenged for its language and discussion of racism.
American Apparel (APP) has always played by its own rules. But like many renegades, it has run into forces that threaten to throttle it -- and in this case, possibly destroy it. The notoriously ...