After A Decade, Malibu To Build a Retail Center
Retail
Malibu has been taking steps to give a final approval to start construction of Malibu La Paz Ranch, a new retail center, it will be one of the only new retail centers to be constructed in Malibu in more than a decade.
Startup SeeBiz Wants To Introduce Social CRM
Technology
Nadeem Ballaj has worked on all sides of business, ranging from wholesaling sportswear to managing websites for fashion companies and entrepreneurs. Prior to his latest venture, the Los Angeles–based businessman concluded that a lot of technology designed to improve business might contribute to entrepreneurs losing sales.
New Fashion Entrepreneurs Start Funeral Party
Manufacturing
Los Angeles’ Funeral Party brand has been sold in San Francisco’s influential Stashed boutique for a few months as well as in a couple of Tokyo-area boutiques such as Sugata.
Egeck Exits PSEB Group
Manufacturing
After guiding the Eddie Bauer outdoor brand to a merger with surf-and-youth retailer Pacific Sunwear of California to form the operating company PSEB Group, Mike Egeck will step down as chief executive officer, it was announced Jan. 23. His last day on the job will be Feb. 4, said Neale Attenborough, PSEB chairman.
Linda Ramone Puts a Love Story On Valentine's Sock Collection
MANUFACTURING
The love affair between Linda and Johnny Ramone was immortalized in iconic songs such as “She’s a Sensation." For its next step in pop-culture history, this love story will be printed on a sock.
Diesel Starts Fred Segal Residency
Diesel put its name on expanding number of categories, such as fragrance, jewels, watches, the Italian brand also has long been known for its surreal advertising, but it hopes to remind the world that the brand started out with jeans.
Designers for L.A. Fashion Brands Ashton Hirota and Marco Marco on Netflix's "Next In Fashion"
EVENTS
Another week, another fashion-reality show. But Los Angeles fashion people might prick up their ears for "Next In Fashion," a fashion reality competition show, on Netflix, which features L.A.-based rebel fashion designers Ashton Hirota of the Ashton Michael label and Marco Morante of Marco Marco.
Ray Darten: Styles from Nigeria to California
FASHION
Designed in California, the Ray Darten brand makes its sustainable fashions in Nigeria.
Egeck Exits PSEB Group
RETAIL
After he guided the Eddie Bauer outdoor brand to a merger with surf-and-youth retailer Pacific Sunwear of California to form operating company PSEB Group, it was announced Jan. 23 that Mike Egeck will step down as chief executive officer.
Smokey Robinson Appears at DTLA Shinola Store to Fete His Collection
ACCESSORIES
Soul-music legend Smokey Robinson has been celebrated with the highest entertainment industry awards. He recently collaborated with Shinola for an accessories collection.
Lucky Brand Celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a Concert with Third Eye Blind
EVENTS
It’s been 30 years since Lucky Brand started selling its premium jeans.
Wildfox Assets to Be Auctioned
Retail
Los Angeles–headquartered Wildfox Couture, LLC, and Wildfox Couture IP Holdings, LLC, are scheduled to sell the brand’s assets and inventory at a live auction on Feb. 5, according to Brian Testo Associates, LLC, an asset-management company based in Westlake Village, Calif., which will be managing the sale.
With Canadian Roots, California Landscapes, Dalia MacPhee Honors Strong Women
Wonder Women
Fashion designer and innovator Dalia MacPhee celebrated strong, yet elegant, women through a collaboration with mountain-bike Olympian Emily Batty for a Spring 2020 campaign that was shot in California’s Lucerne Valley.
Luxury Resale Trends Reflected in The RealReal’s ‘2010s Retrospective’
Retail
Recently, Brisbane, Calif.–headquartered luxury resellerThe RealReal encouraged fashion enthusiasts to look back on secondhand trends from the last 10 years. Compiled from sales data and client-survey responses sourced since the company’s founding in 2011, the “2010s Retrospective” report provides insight regarding the power of resale on trends.
Impressions Expo Rebrands the Basics-and-Tech Trade Show
First Impressions
Hundreds of companies travel to Long Beach, Calif., every January to exhibit their new approaches to the production of T-shirts and other basics at the newly renamed Impressions Expo, which ran Jan. 17–19 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.
An Intimate Approach at Studio DK Affords Opportunities to Emerging Designers
Textiles
Reaching success as a designer in the apparel business can be a challenging task, particularly when faced with supply-chain partners that cannot accommodate the smaller business model that allows aspiring clothing makers to start.
A Successful Start at a New Space for Première Vision New York
Trade Show Report
Now in its 20th year, Première Vision New York began this milestone anniversary in a new space, moving from Manhattan’s Pier 94, located between 52nd and 53rd streets, to Center415 on Fifth Avenue, between 37th and 38th streets.
Memjet Partners on a Printer It Calls User Friendly
Technology
Memjet, a San Diego–headquartered print-technology company, announced that it is getting into the textile game. It recently announced a partnership with Austria-based MHM, a provider of textile-printing equipment.
