A leading light of the anti-sweatshop movement, American Apparel is so sincere that you might expect the clothes to be the fabric equivalent of Brussels sprouts. But the women's and men's T-shirts, underwear, and other fashionable knits -- all manufactured in downtown L.A. -- are fun, gorgeous, or both.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Boston 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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