American Apparel
Los Angeles apparel maker taken over by a hedge-fund lender group (Monarch Alternative Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Coliseum Capital Partners) holding about 90% of equity after its January 2016 bankruptcy reorganization; filed again in November 2016 and closed its factory and stores.
- FOUNDED
- 1989
- PARENT
- Monarch Alternative Capital (lender committee, ~90% equity)
Find a local alternative
Look for independent boutiques instead.
check if a business is PE-ownedexcludes Burlington Coat Factory (Canada), Charlotte Russe, Forever 21
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