Apparel News Daily Reader

San Francisco Joy Bianchi’s Couture for a Cause (SFLuxe.com)
The cycles of fashion: Hundreds go for a ride in old-fangled garb, proclaiming the return of the dandy (Washington Post)
Oh, that seductive 'Twilight' merchandise (Los Angeles Times’ Image)
The late DJ AM's collection of super-cool kicks headed for EBay -- today! (Los Angeles Times’ All The Rage)
Club Monaco channels Cary Grant's style at Cecconi's (Los Angeles Times’ All The Rage)
J. Crew debuts shop-in-shop inside Ron Herman (Los Angeles Times’ All The Rage)
Dana Davis’ pop-up shop attracts major foot traffic(Los Angeles Times’ All The Rage)
Sneakerheads' 'Holy Grail' vintage athletic shoes (Los Angeles Times’ Image)
Muiccia Prada Celebrates Launch of Prada Tome in Los Angeles with Carine and Dasha (Coutorture)
Shopping: Statement Winter Coats (Coutorture)
Marc Jacobs and Daphne Guinness Toast François Nars and His New Book (Coutorture)
31 Rue Cambon, the first Chanel magazine to be distributed worldwide in all the Chanel stores (Purple Diary)
Shopping The Market (Wearthemarket)
Don't Feed Brian Lichtenberg After Midnight (Racked LA)
Special Preview: Rebecca Minkoff's Spring 2010 Collection at Satine Boutique (Racked LA)
Racked Bookshelf: Dressing Michelle Obama In Mrs. O (Racked LA)
A look at velvet (The New York Times)

At Checkout, More Ways to Avoid Cash or Plastic (New York Times)
Rising fabric prices hit garment exporters in India (Just-style.com)
JORDAN: Apparel industry backs international labor project (Just-style.com)
SWEDEN: HM bolsters sales 7% in October (Just-style.com)
GERMANY: Textile technology firms hopeful of recovery (Just-style.com)