TRADE SHOWS
Select Returns to CMC’s Fashion Theater
The California Market Center once again hosted the Select show, featuring contemporary apparel, accessories and jewelry resources in the CMC’s Fashion Theater.
Dan Butler of Lines of Denmark, based in Olympia, Wash., was a returning Select exhibitor. He said he has shown about 10 times at Select.
“I’m consistently surprised we meet people for the first time here and that it’s a national show,” he said.
Lines of Denmark represents several brands, which, despite the showroom’s name, are not all Scandinavian.
Ilse Jacobsen and IvyLee Copenhagen are both based in Denmark. Ilse Jacobsen manufactures footwear and raincoats. IvyLee Copenhagen is a footwear brand.
Butler also represents Stockholm-based Calou, Japan-based U., Pakistan-based Fuchsia and U.K.-based Aspiga, all footwear brands, as well as Lily and Lulu, a line of made-in-LA handbags.
This was the first time at Select for Kristin Karabees, whose company, Bestseller USA, represents 21 international collections. Karabees was showing two at Select, Vero Moda and Noisy May. Wholesale prices for the two lines range from $48 to $128.
“We have some customers we needed to se e out here, and we’re hoping to explore West Coast distribution,” she said.
