Style Barre Showroom Debuts
Style Barre Showroom celebrated its debut last week with a party at The Lash club in downtown Los Angeles.
Nordstrom Exec. Changes Bolster Online Biz
Retail
Nordstrom Inc. named Ken Worzel president of Nordstrom.com in an effort to strengthen Nordstrom’s online and m-commerce business.
Between-Market format Works for Growing Region Trade Show The OC Mix
Trade Shows
Providing a relaxed environment for regional contemporary brands and buyers, the OC.Mix Show saw a continued upswing in growth for its third edition, held Sept. 13–14 at the Irvine, Calif., headquarters of organizer Z Supply.
Port of Long Beach Names New Interim Director
Import/Export
The Port of Long Beach is looking for a new chief executive after Jon Slangerup resigned on Sept. 8 to become chairman and chief executive of an aviation technology company in Canada.
What’s at Stake if a Designer’s Name is Part of the Label?
Manufacturing
The name game can be a financially dangerous game played by designers every time they create a new label.
TukaTech Takes CAD to the Cloud
Technology
Los Angeles–based equipment and software solutions provider Tukatech has introduced Tukacad Professional Edition on the Cloud, a computer-aided pattern making, grading and marker software solution that allows users to begin working with the program as soon as they subscribe.
CCA Names John Bauernfeind Chair of the Fashion Design Program
Fashion
John Bauernfeind has joined the California College of the Arts as the chair of the Bay Area college’s Fashion Design Program.
Brazilian Mill Kalimo Opens in DTLA
Kalimo Opens in DTLA
After a successful run at the Los Angeles International Textile Show last March, Brazilian mill Kalimo opened a permanent showroom in downtown Los Angeles.
Retail Industry Focus: Southern California Retail’s New Streets
Retail’s New Streets
Even in a challenging retail market, opportunity knocks for Los Angeles’ shop owners. Entrepreneurs continue to open in the megalopolis’s established retail neighborhoods, but they’re also pioneering newer enclaves.
Chief Executive Paula Schneider Exiting American Apparel
Manufacturing
After a tumultuous two-year ride as chief executive of American Apparel, Paula Schneider will be leaving the company on Oct. 3, sources said.
Heidi Merrick Opening Store in DTLA
Retail
Designer Heidi Merrick steps out to explore the retail world.
Pantone Unveils a Palette of Colors for Spring 2017
Fashion
Looking on the bright side of Spring 2017 fashion.
Celebrating Textiles in NY
The newly launched New York Textile Month celebrates the textile research and design process, as well the environmental impact of the textile production process.
Earl Sweatshirt at Space15 Twenty’s UO
Earl Sweatshirt performed at the Urban Outfitters at Space 15 Twenty in Hollywood, and who do you think showed up?
Mr. De La Torre Goes to N.Y.
Mario De La Torre has been showing his self-named line at Los Angeles Fashion Week since 2014. But Manhattan’s fashion crowd saw the 1970s accented Mario De La Torre line Sept. 9 at the Style Week runway shows New York’s Fashion Week.
Zanerobe Goes Hip Hop
Australian-founded brand Zanerobe started its Los Angeles pop-up shop with a hip hop beat.
Italian-American Fashion Collaboration
Events
Los Angeles designer Mike Vensel presented a “tableaux vivants” fashion installation at a recent event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood.
Ships from China and Vietnam Add Route to Port of Oakland
Import/Export
Starting in November, three Asian shipping lines will be establishing routes from Asia to the Port of Oakland.
