Apparel News Daily Reader

Banana Republic's Luxe Leisure Line Will Outfit You During Any Of Your Warm-Weather Vacations (Refinery 29)
Some Life Advice From Kelly Cutrone, Fashion's Brashest PR Woman (Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog)
Old Navy teams up with Popular Mechanics for line of kids T-shirts (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)

Wal-Mart to cut 11,200 jobs at Sam's Club (Los Angeles Times)
Target Curbs New Store Expansion (Wall Street Journal)
Downtown Developer Mark Weinstein Receptive to Receiverships (Los Angeles Business Journal)

Shepard Fairey's Studio Number One designs a T-shirt to benefit Haiti (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)
Barbie Gets All Dressed Up By CFDA Designers (Refinery 29)
In Paris, Men's Jackets Are a Good Fit (The New York Times)
Raf Simons: School for High Fashion (The New York Times' On the Runway)
Now Screening: Paul Smith (The New York Times' T Magazine)
Fast Fashions—Zara Kids Coming to Farmers Market (Blackburn and Sweetzer)

Skechers’ stock has soared with two new product lines and a trend-spotting CEO (Los Angeles Business Journal)
EUROPE: Invista gears up for Lycra Sport fabric roll-out (Just-style.com)
JCPenney shuts call center as shoppers migrate online (Just-style.com)
Hanesbrands' Haitian production resuming (Just-style.com)
Tiffany robbery in Century City a tad underplayed, no? (L.A. Observed)