Anyone who has hung with the hipster crowd in the last five years knows all about American Apparel. From its factory in downtown L.A., the brand has expanded at breakneck speed, with over 230 stores in locations as far flung as you can imagine.

American Apparel makes simple, more or less classic, mainly cotton clothes in a vibrant array of colors. The more idiosyncratic designs are intended to be mixed and matched with non-A.A. items—a point that’s sometimes lost on the less enlightened wearer. Ignore this advice and the only heads you’ll turn will be those trying to avoid the migraine your garish Day-Glo ensemble threatens to induce; follow it and this modest but well-stocked store in Barrio Gotico could provide the backbone of your wardrobe.