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Z Supply Unveils Digital Wholesale Platform
TECHNOLOGY
Z Supply, the Costa Mesa, Calif., manufacturer of contemporary women’s styles, is getting into the technology game.
Informa Markets Fashion Promotes Helfman, Peskin and Rudow
TRADE SHOWS
More than a month after Informa Markets Fashion unveiled digital trade shows for its MAGIC anchor and sibling shows such as Project, the trade-show producer announced the promotions of executives who helped direct the digital trade shows.
JustFab Introduces Kelly Rowland for JustFab
FASHION
Kelly Rowland released a music single and a fashion line.
For LA Textile, CMC Experiments With Talk Show Style Presentations
LA Textile Uploaded
Following its debut during the August edition of L.A. Market Week, the CMC Uploaded virtual platform was used again by the management of the California Market Center to host the CMC’s popular biannual textile-and-fabrics show, LA Textile.
Thom Browne Produces Science Fiction Fashion Film at L.A Coliseum
Spring Victory
For his Spring 2021 ready-to-wear presentation, New York designer Thom Browne hosted a global event for Paris Fashion Week by producing a show filmed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
FMNC Wraps Up Last Show of 2020
Trade Shows
While many trade shows reacted to the COVID-19 rules against in-person gatherings by producing virtual shows, the regional Fashion Market Northern California took a different path. It reacted against COVID by producing its first open-air show, which ran Oct. 4–6 in San Mateo, Calif.
After Building Brand in Taiwan, Vast Hopes To Bring Back Business to USA
Manufacturing
Growing up in Los Angeles, Sam Yang surfed and aspired to design his own surf-and-lifestyle brand that would be sold in California’s core shops in the category. He started a brand called Vast, which was inspired by the vastness of the oceans and exotic vistas where he hoped his travels would take him.
Entrepreneurs Forecast What Will Be in Factory of The Future
Trade Shows
The entire business of fashion has been undergoing major changes in the past decade. The Virtual Symposium, a webinar series produced by the TechTextil North America and Texprocess Americas trade events, charted what may happen next with manufacturing. The Zoom panels were webcast on Oct. 7 and 8.
Onsite and Online, L.A. Market Week’s Hybrid Model Sees Success
L.A. Market Week
Buyers descended on downtown Los Angeles’ fashion district in person and virtually Oct. 12–14 for L.A. Market Week.
GrooveNStyle Aims To Offer Digital Showroom With Human Touch
Technology
Over the past decade, there has been a demand for virtual-showroom platforms. Despite their success, all of these platforms have missed a crucial element of the business—sales, according to the founders of GrooveNStyle, a virtual-showroom platform scheduled to make its official debut on Oct. 19. The platform can be found at groovenstyle.com.
