Shifting More Showrooms Onto One CMC Floor Boosts Business
Manufacturing
When Guddi Bedi and her husband, Baljit, moved into their third-floor California Market Center showroom some 15 years ago, they had to pay $50,000 key money just to garner a coveted spot. Now the Bedis’ small Krishma Overseas showroom is surrounded by a vast desert of empty spaces as everyone around them is picking up and moving from the B side of the CMC’s third floor to open spots on the A side.
Wolk Morais Shows Collection 2
Wolk Morais
Evening gowns with denim, floral jacquard bra tops, mesh neoprene. These were a few looks from the Wolk Morais label’s Collection 2. A runway show for the brand took place on Nov. 9 in West Hollywood, Calif.
Advice for busy trade show attendees
Fashion-Focused in a Time-Crunch
Trade shows offer attendees a wealth of opportunities, from business-to-business seminars and networking functions to the main event—walking trade shows looking for new products and trends. With so much for trade show visitors to do and see, we asked several show organizers how they recommend attendees budget their time at their trade shows.
Jeremy Scott Party for Longchamp
It was anniversary time for designer Jeremy Scott and the French luxury house Longchamp.
AAFA Chief Stepping Down After More Than One Year on the Job
Manufacturing
The American Apparel & Footwear Association is looking for a new president and chief executive to take over for Juanita Duggan, who is leaving.
Dyer & Jenkins Pops at Hemingway & Sons
After raising seed money on Kickstarter in Fall 2013, the Dyer & Jenkins brand has blossomed into a working label in downtown Los Angeles. On Nov. 5, it produced a pop-up shop at Silver Lake men's shop Hemingway & Sons.
COS Opens Pop-Up Store in Downtown LA
Retail
COS, a division of H&M, is testing the waters for its stores.
Education in Denim
DENIM NOTES
Denim City, the home of Amsterdam’s Jean School, a vocational program offering training in denim design and development, recently hosted an educational symposium called “Denim on Stage: University Meets Industry at Denim City in Amsterdam.”
Tokidoki Celebrates 10
A grim reaper character – but cute! That’s what Simone Legno was drawing more than a decade ago. It later turned into a serious business. The Tokidoki brand celebrated its 10th anniversary with Nov. 5 party at The Well in downtown Los Angeles. Take a look!
Baddie Winkle X Brian Lichtenberg at Kitson
What first began as a goof is now an Internet sensation and …a capsule collection by pop-culture provocateur Brian Lichtenberg. Witness the Baddie Winkle X Brian Lichtenberg collection. A party was held for it at Kitson in West Hollywood on Nov. 5.
Nü Denmark Opens at Sunset Plaza
Danish brand Nü Denmark opened its first U.S. store recently at West Hollywood's exclusive Sunset Plaza shopping district. We went to a debut party for the boutique. Take a look!
PSC Pops at Liberty
Pocket Square Clothing has focused on the details in men's clothing - think pocket squares and ties. But for a holiday pop-up shop, the Los Angeles label is going big picture. It produced a holiday pop-up shop with a bunch of emerging men's brands at Concept 8366 1/2 in Los Angeles. A debut party was held for it on Nov. 5.
The Only Thing Foreign About the TPP Is the American Perception of Export Trade
INDUSTRY VOICES
Industry Voices
Party Like It's 1915
100-Year-Old Denim Deal
Amsterdam's Tenue de Nimes boutique hosted a party to celebrate the “Golden Handshake,” the 1915 agreement between Levi Strauss & Co. and Cone Denim when Levi’s agreed to give Cone Denim exclusive right to produce denim for Levi’s 501 shrink-to-fit jeans.
Final Text Released for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
Import/Export
After years of negotiating a trade agreement between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries, the U.S. government released the final text outlining the deal.
American Apparel May Shutter Its Oak Stores in LA and NY
Shuttered Stores
Two years ago, American Apparel founder Dov Charney snapped up a small high-end specialty-store chain called Oak. With Charney ousted last year as the company’s chief executive and American Apparel now in bankruptcy, the struggling Los Angeles clothing company has decided to shutter its Oak stores to save money.
October Sales Tough
Retail
Business for most retailers fell short of Wall Street forecasts, according to analysts such as Ken Perkins of Retail Metrics, a Boston-area market-research firm.
Curvy Couture: In the Adaption Biz
Curvy Couture
Los Angeles’ Curvy Couture label is on a mission to open lingerie fashion to plus-sized women.
Westside Doyenne To Gritty Los Angeles St.
Elyse Walker in DTLA
Elyse Walker is best known for running an influential, self-named boutique in Los Angeles’ exclusive Pacific Palisades neighborhood, but she is making news in downtown Los Angeles, which is a long freeway trip away from the Palisades. Walker recently opened a new design office and showroom for the fashion lines she designs in the rapidly changing district of downtown.
