Apparel News Daily Reader


Beth Ditto's plus-size line for British label Evans (Photos courtesy Jezebel)

Fashion:
Beth Ditto Makes Plus-Size Clothing Fun, Sequined, 80s (Jezebel)
Making Fashion Fit the Form, for a ChangeWomen of a Certain Shape Take Up the Cause for Clothes That Take Curves Into Account (Wall Street Journal)
Shopseen on the scene (San Francisco Bay Guardian Pixel Vision blog)
Little Black Book: Corey Lynn Calter Talks Mix Tapes, New High (M)art Relocation (Racked LA)
Retailers focus more on plus-size lines (New York Times)
Michael Jackson in Balmain (FabSugar)
Louis Vuitton Opens in Canoga Park, Topanga Canyon, This July (Fashion Rules)
It’s not all waifs and catwalks. Photo round-up of fashion shows around the world. (The Guardian UK)
Surf gets fashionable for charity at Billabong Design for Humanity event in Hollywood. (Transworld Business)
Small is the new big. A love letter to flat-chested fashion plates. (Hollywood Life)
Seeing stripes. An homage to the classic striped T-shirt. Oui! (Refinery 29)

Industry/Business:
Palisades Mall gets first P.S. from Aeropostale (Fibre2Fashion)
Design piracy bill would raise cost of apparel footwear, AAFA (Fibre2Fashion)
Textile Companies That Backed Cafta Say It Aids China (Bloomberg)
Photos of an abandoned sewing factory in San Francisco (ActionRage.com)
Forecast for California: gradual clearing (Los Angeles Times)
Eddie Bauer Plots Its Next Ascent.With Chapter 11 Filing, Retailer Aims for Quick Sale to Buyer Promising a Return to Its Outdoor Roots (Wall Street Journal)
Kitson Kids About to Become Orphans (TMZ)