Dov Charney's Criticism Of American Apparel

There has been sexual harassment lawsuits filed against Charney, in which he denies (Smith). He was an amateur pornographer and uses his ‘expertise’ in his ads (Smith). He has had workers working for him that were unable to supply proper working papers (Clark.) “Legalize LA’ is a campaign started by the company (Showcase & Discover Creative Work). These are all factors that result in much criticism of American Apparel.
For Dov Charney, walking around the office in his underwear is normal. However, for everyone other than Charney, this is abnormal behavior. According to Charney, he frequently drops his pants to ‘market’ his new products (Mankiewicz). Dov Charney has faced quite a few lawsuits for harassing sexually harassing female employees. In March 2011, a former employee who was only 19 filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually harassed by Charney after
It shows in the lawsuits filed against him accusing him of sexual harassment, and it certainly is seen through advertising for the company. American Apparel is definitely not afraid to show a little skin in advertising. If an individual were to look at an American Apparel ad without knowing what the company is or their ‘style’, one might be appalled. A number of ads for the company show young girls practically naked, in a provocative style. There are a few ads that show women in thong underwear or even shirtless. In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority has banned numerous American Apparel ads after receiving complaints that the photos in the ads were “pornographic, exploitative of women and inappropriately sexualized young women” Krupnick). The ASA decided to ban the photos because of nudity and a few for being exploitive (Krupnick). While the ads for American Apparel are extremely provocative and can be seen as offensive and exploitive, there are no signs to show that Dov Charney and his company will change their style of