Apparel News Daily Reader
Cupcake inspired by Rebecca Taylor's Spring/Summer collection (Photo from Glam.com)
Fashion:
Rebecca Taylor's Sugar Rush
Designer Rebecca Taylor has teamed up with New York-based Billy's Bakery to create cupcakes inspired by her Spring/Summer collection. (Glam.com)
Trademark time
Basketball legend and Lakers special assistant coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has trademarked the phrase "sky hook" for a line of apparel. Sales of the Sky Hook tees will help fund a program for grade schools and high schools. (Los Angeles Times)
Look Book Love: Shopbop's Venice Beach Style (FabSugar)
How to wear unfussy florals (WhoWhatWear)
Christian Siriano Goes Bridal (Brides.com)
JCPenney reusable bags designed by top design students (Miami Herald)
Gap Hosts 'Flip-Flop Shop' (DDi Magazine)
David Beckham Designs Clothes, Won't Model Them (The Cut)
Stylist Jessica de Ruiter Opens the Doors to her L.A. Abode and Dishes About Her Personal Style (Refinery 29)
Love-Love Linea Pelle Belts (So You Think You Have Nothing to Wear With Barbara Horowitz)
Now Open: Iko Iko Gets Arty in Angelino Heights (Racked LA)
Quote of the Day: Vintage Marc Jacobs (Coutorture)
San Diego It-Girl Fashion Blogger talks about fashion, life as a muse and how the Internet has proven to be the ideal business outlet (CNN.com)
Fashion crowd will be out en masse to support the premier of filmmaker Chiara Clemente’s new film Our City Dreams next week (FashionWeekDaily)
Surf’s down. Publisher of Surfer, Surfing, Skateboarder and Snowboarder magazines files for bankruptcy (Shop-eat-surf.com)
Industry/Business:
IOC must stop swimming from sinking in its leaders' stupidity
High-tech swimsuits from Italian brand Jaked are helping to break records and incite controversy. (Los Angeles Times)
Only in China: McDonald's Goes Online to Sell Consumer Goods
Chinese online auction site Alibaba's Taobao is opening online stores to sell products by international brands such as MacDonald's and Japanese apparel line Uniqlo Co., which recently announced plans to open a "virtual flagship store" on the site. (Wall Street Journal)
3 Brand Building Lessons from Zappos (Mashable)
Shoppers won't bite, unless big discounts are offered (New York Times)
Maryland outlaws minimum-price requirements (Wall Street Journal)
