SAN DIEGO—This season’s ASR fashion show emphasized swimwear as a focal point with clothing items styled over bikinis and monokinis for those times when you are coming or going to the beach. The fashion show, titled “Fashion Society,” ran Aug. 13–14 in the new La Plage more»

Contemporary swimwear brand L*Space of Irvine, Calif., won the Action Sports Retailer Expo’s Swim award and earned a solo runway show on Aug. 13. The contest, which was open to the more than 150 swim brands that showed at ASR and its sister show, Class@ASR, highlights ASR’s growing focus on more»

Mark your calendars. The schedule for the upcoming Los Angeles Fashion Week is beginning to take shape. Mikey Koffman, owner of The Gallery L.A. showroom in downtown Los Angeles and founder of L.A. Fashion Weekend, has announced dates and a partial list of designers for the upcoming L.A. Fashion Weekend. more»

For the kickoff of Los Angeles Fashion Market, the California Market Center on Aug. 9 presented a “Contemporary Collections” runway show on the first day of market. Buyers and press enjoyed a catered luncheon and organic wine while they viewed a group runway show featuring Holiday/Resort more»

Dresses that ranged from casual, futuristic knits to frivolous cocktail-party dresses were the standout looks from designers that participated in the F2 Runway Show. The show was held on Aug. 10 in the 13th-floor penthouse of the California Market Center during L.A. Fashion Market and featured young more»

Up-and-coming brands took to the runway during one of three fashion shows held during Los Angeles Fashion Market at the California Market Center. The nonprofit group Fashion Business Inc. organized a show at high noon on Aug. 11, featuring nine labels new to the U.S. apparel world. They ranged from the more»

Material Girl, the juniors collection designed by Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter, Lourdes, bowed at 200 select Macy’s stores across the country on Aug. 3. In California, Macy’s stores in San Francisco, Glendale and Costa Mesa carry the collection, which is also sold online at more»

There’s a bit of Brazil tucked into a corner of the Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where Brazilian footwear and accessories brand Carmen Steffens houses its U.S. flagship store. When Mark Willingham, president of U.S. operations, opened the California store in 2006, the idea was more»