Fashion Resources

Buhler Quality Yarns Corp.

1881 Athens Highway Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 367-9834 www.buhleryarns.com sales@buhleryarns.com Contact: Werner Bieri

Products and Services: Buhler Quality Yarns Corp.: From harvest to hanger, we ensure your supply chain is supported and your final product is of the utmost quality. Introducing MicroModal® Edelweiss —the same comfort and luxury with a greener footprint—to our portfolio, which includes Supima, Micro TENCEL®, Supima Outlast, and blends, certified by Oeko-Tex 100—ensuring safety for all applications. Bring your product to market backed by experience, relationships, and unsurpassed technical support.

California Market Center

110 E. Ninth St.

Los Angeles, CA 90079 (213) 630-3600 www.californiamarketcenter.com

Services: Five seasons a year, buyers from around the globe flock to the California Market Center (CMC) for Los Angeles Fashion Market, the West Coast’s premier destination for thousands of apparel, gift and lifestyle collections displayed in hundreds of the CMC’s showrooms and featured trade shows. Our array of resources includes SELECT Contemporary Tradeshow, FOCUS Apparel & Accessories Show, TRANSIT LA Shoe Show, LA Kids Market, and the Gift, Home & Design showcase. L.A. Fashion Market at the CMC now offers visiting retailers and brands more show options then ever to exhibit in and shop from. Upcoming market dates are Oct. 15–18.

Cooper Design Space

860 S. Los Angeles St.

Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 627-3754 info@cooperdesignspace.com www.cooperdesignspace.com

Services: The Cooper Design Space, at the corner of Ninth and Los Angeles streets in the heart of L.A.’s Fashion District, hosts a space that embraces cross-pollination among L.A. lifestyle businesses in fashion, media arts, and publishing. The building is 11 stories tall and, having been built in 1927, represents the city’s history of creative commerce. It’s a space that encourages fluidity across functions by offering an event venue, offices, and showrooms in a single location. Upcoming market dates are Oct. 15–18.

Dallas Market Center

2100 Stemmons FreewayDallas, TX 75207 (214) 655-6100 or (214) 744-7444 www.dallasmarketcenter.com

Services: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Markets are held five times each year at Dallas Market Center. As the economy warms up, Dallas continues to welcome thousands of buyers to each market, 70 percent of whom don’t shop other apparel marketplaces. Likewise, the Dallas Market Center has recently added additional key rep groups/lines from California to further establish itself as a destination for the leading edge of fashion. For the latest news and upcoming market dates, visit our website.

The Evans Group

500 Molino St., Suite 102 Los Angeles, CA90013 www.evansgroupinternational.com (877) 531-5225

Services: The Evans Group is a fashion development and production house for independent and emerging designers. Services range from making patterns and samples for the runway and showroom to filling small production orders without minimums. In vertically integrated studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco, designers from throughout the United States and abroad work directly with the group’s team of highly skilled craftsmen, from the development of the collections and samples to photoshoots and small-volume production. The Evans Group is recognized locally and nationally for restoring the humanity and quality behind manufacturing clothes domestically and promoting independent design.

Fashion Business Inc.

110 East Ninth St., Suite A792 Los Angeles, CA 90079 (213) 892-1669 http://fashionbizinc.org

Services: Fashion Business Inc. is the fashion industry’s knowledge resource center to help you turn your entrepreneurial dreams into a profitable reality. We cater to everyone from up-and-coming designers with the next great idea to established companies looking to retrain their workforce for today’s new economy or who simply want early access to tomorrow’s fashion superstars. We are a member-based organization anchored in downtown Los Angeles with access to the worldwide fashion industry.We not only stay on top of every trend in the industry, but our mission is to communicate that information to fashion professionals like you worldwide.

Fashion Market Northern California

3701 Sacramento St. Suite 204 San Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 328-1221 info@fashionmarketnorcal.com www.fashionmarketnorcal.com

Services: Fashion Market Northern California is celebrating its fifth year at the San Mateo Event Center with its upcoming Market—opening on Saturday, Oct. 27, this market only, through Monday, Oct. 29.The easy-to-shop Fashion Market is the largest open-booth show on the West Coast, with over 200 clothing and accessories exhibitors.Every market we see new exhibitors and buyers. Our exhibitors are from every category:European to contemporary to updated to juniors lines, plus a wide range of classic to trend accessories. Every market offers complimentary continental breakfast, lunch coupons for buyers, and coffee and cookies in the afternoon—another plus! Also, Monday offers retailers free early-bird parking before 10 a.m. Happy Anniversary to Fashion Market Northern California. The excitement continues to grow, and the buzz is this is the show to attend! Visit our new website with expanded, easy-to-use show and exhibitor information.

The Gallery Los Angeles

1438 N. Gower St., Bldg 5, Suite 100 Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 330-1845 http://losangelesfw.com

Services: In 2005 Mikey Koffman founded The Gallery Los Angeles, a full-service marketing and event-production company. After producing fashion shows in Los Angeles and New York, Koffman produced shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion week at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles. Following Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week’s final season, Koffman launched Los Angeles Fashion Weekend and moved the location to Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood.

Jack of Spades

Main office: 219 36th St.

Brooklyn, NY 11232 Showroom (by appointment only) 1407 Broadway, 23rd floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 921-0300 Fax: (718) 369-1313 www.JackOfSpades.com showroom@jackofspades.com

Products: Here’s Jack of Spades. … A line of premium denim and khakis with superior gentlemen’s stretch fit. Perfect for any activity and all occasions. The premise of the brand—“Because there’s a bit of Jack in all of us”—speaks directly to the mindset of the premium-denim consumer who doesn’t want to run with the pack. Jack of Spades is a brand about attitude. It’s about playing to win. We’d like to inform you more about Jack of Spades. It’s selling amazingly well in all high-quality men’s stores. Jack Of Spades High Rollers are offered in many washes (dark blue, classic blue, black etc.) and wholesale for around $62.00 ($165 retail).

Monrow

1404 S. Main St., Unit C Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 741-6007 Fax: (213) 741-6044 ashley@monrowattire.com www.monrowattire.com

Products: Launched in 2007 as a basics label, Monrow has quickly risen to the top. The ever-growing brand now produces 11 collections a year, which include much more than your average basics. In addition to their women’s collection, a collaboration with Amber Valletta, Monrow recently introduced Monrow Men’s, Monrow mini, and Monrow Classics, a return to the essence of label, offering the “classics” (tees, sweatshirts, sweats) in an array of 16 colors, all year long. Though designers Michelle Wenke and Megan George are constantly inspired by the world around them, their passion will always lie in Monrow’s fundamentals—quintessential wardrobe staples with attention to fit, fabric, technique, and innovative prints. This unparalleled quality and in-depth knowledge of design and manufacturing detail is what makes Monrow a front-runner in the world of contemporary apparel.

Primrose Design Building

833 S. Spring St.

Los Angeles, CA90014

(323) 899-0391

marc.sonnenthal@sbcglobal.net www.theprimrosedesign.com

Services: The Primrose Design building in the Los Angeles Fashion District has bloomed into a high-end boutique showroom fashion building. Every floor has been refashioned to meet all creative showroom needs. Each showroom’s office and design space is imbued with charm and sophistication, and the building is 90 percent leased. Join Alternative Apparel, Free People, L’Atelier, and other leaders in fashion at Primrose. The first floor has 6,000 square feet available as an event space and/or showroom space. Also, divisible underground parking is available. For more information, visit our website.

UnSpoken Lingerie

9200 Sunset Blvd., Ninth Floor Los Angeles,CA90069 (310) 451-2099

www.unspokenlingerie.com info@unspokenlingerie.com

Products: UnSpoken Lingerie, chosen as a top emerging designer by WWD/Magic in 2012, debuts the Spring 2013 Collection on October 16, 2012. The new collection will be showcased at Fashion Business Incorporated’s spectacular runway show at Union Station. Always on-trend and daring, this luxurious lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear collection empowers women to feel confident, sexy, flirty, and fun. The collection features gowns, robes, and loungewear all from finest silk that can be worn as boudoir and outerwear.For more information, call or visit our website.