American Apparel scares me. Those baby mannequins are the creepiest things I've ever seen. Not to mention I feel like the staff gets mad at me on the rare occasions I come in here out of boredom; sometimes they seem to follow me around, wondering what I'm doing here because I'm not nearly hipster enough. I feel like half of the store is way too weird to buy and the other half, while tempting, is a bit overpriced for plain clothing in my book.
The boy likes their hoodies the best out of any hoodie ever, which is saying something because he is a hoodie connoisseur. So overall, they're good for plain or weird clothing and if you're willing to spend the money, go for it.