What company replaced American Apparel is Gildan Activewear, Canadian company that bought American Apparel brand after bankruptcy and now operates it as online brand, replacing original company. American Apparel, founded 1989 in Los Angeles, California, by Dov Charney, filed bankruptcy in 2015 and 2016 due to debt and lawsuits, closing all stores. In January 2017, Gildan Activewear, founded 1984 in Montreal, Canada, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, large apparel manufacturer, bought American Apparel brand and intellectual property for 88 million dollars at bankruptcy auction, but did not buy physical stores or LA factory, closing all 110 remaining stores and LA manufacturing plant that employed 3500 workers. Gildan relaunched American Apparel as online-only brand at americanapparel.com, selling basics like t-shirts, hoodies, leggings, now made in Honduras and Nicaragua, not made in USA, focusing on e-commerce and wholesale to replace brick-and-mortar model, with Gildan using American Apparel brand for premium basics segment. So company that replaced American Apparel is Gildan Activewear, Canadian company, which owns and operates American Apparel brand as online brand, replacing original American Apparel company which no longer exists as independent company, with Gildan being parent and manufacturer, making American Apparel brand continue under Gildan ownership.
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