As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2013

Registration No. 333-160798

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

to

Form S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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TRUE RELIGION APPAREL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	98-0352633
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2263 East Vernon Avenue Vernon, California 90058 (323) 266-3072
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Deborah Greaves General Counsel and Secretary True Religion Apparel, Inc. 2263 East Vernon Avenue Vernon, California 90058 (323) 266-3072
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to: C.N. Franklin Reddick III, Esq. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 229-1000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable

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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-160798), filed on July 27, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”), of True Religion Apparel, Inc. (the “Company”).

On July 30, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 10, 2013, by and among the Company, TRLG Holdings, LLC and TRLG Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving entity (the “Merger”).

In connection with the Merger, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is hereby terminated and all of the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unissued are hereby removed from registration.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vernon, State of California, on August 1, 2013.

True Religion Apparel, Inc.
By:	/s/ David Conn
Name:	David Conn
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-160798, has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ David Conn		August 1, 2013
David Conn	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/ Eric Bauer		August 1, 2013
Eric Bauer	General Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
/s/ Andrew Rolfe		August 1, 2013
Andrew Rolfe	Chairman of the Board
/s/ Travis Nelson		August 1, 2013
Travis Nelson	Director