142 5th Avenue NY | American Apparel
This apparel retailer has a modest presence in this stretch of 5th Avenue, and is best-known for its extensive selection of wardrobe basics (t-shirts, leggings, tights) in all sorts of colors. Aside from its ad campaigns (posters of employees in provocative poses), part of its marketing centers around its slogan “Sweatshop Free. Made in USA.”
American Apparel opened this 5,200 sq. foot location in 2006 – making it the retailer’s 15th location in Manhattan and Brooklyn in a three-year-period. Its affordable prices already won over the college crowd, as well as other young female residents.
