Hot Weather Creates Challenges and Opportunities at LA Market
Trade Shows
Unseasonably high temperatures and unusually high humidity greeted buyers and exhibitors attending the recent Spring 2016 Los Angeles Fashion Market, which ran Oct. 12–15 in downtown Los Angeles.
The Chaotic Mind and Fashion
Fashion
Woodbury University graduate Polina Zeynalian presents her collection at LA Fashion Week.
Claire Pettibone’s Gilded Age
Los Angeles' Claire Pettibone produced an October 8 runway show in New York City. It was for her Fall/Winter 2016 bridal collection called The Gilded Age.
AS by DF Honored at Fifth Annual FBI All Aboard Fashion Week Show
All Aboard Fashion
Denise Focil, designer of the AS by DF and ASTARS collections, received the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator award on Oct. 13 at Fashion Business Inc.’s All Aboard LA’s Fashion Platform runway show and fundraiser for the nonprofit business organization.
The White Collection
Fashion
Woodbury University graduate brings her collection to Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Freddie Rojas, New Designers At The Fit Runway Show
Freddie Rojas has been doing independent fashion in Los Angeles since 1995. He showed his Spring 2016 line at The Fit - Menswear show at Maker City LA/The Reef near downtown Los Angeles. Sharing the runway show's bill new and emerging designers Rene Camarillo, Lola and BFiii.
Lands' End Wants to See Old Lighthouse Restored in SF
Historic Preservation
Lands' End will help fund a study for lighthouse restoration on Alcatraz Island.
L.A. Fashion Week: Hale Bob & Liberty Garden
Call it Los Angeles Fashion Week’s most stylish housewarming. On Oct. 8, Daniel Bohbot, the founder of the Hale Bob line, welcomed starlets, retailers and fashion people into his new Beverly Hills home, all to see the 2016 Spring/Summer collections for Hale Bob and the new brand Liberty Garden.
Del Amo’s New Macy’s
Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, Calif. unveiled a massive renovation this week, and Macy’s big revamp called for a new footprint.
Fab for Fab
Work in Style
Fast-growing e-commerce site JustFab has a brand new headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.
Sept. Sales Tough, But Beat Forecasts
Retail
September was a frustrating month for fashion retailers.
Showroom Profile: Citizens of Humanity
New Lines
Los Angeles–based premium-denim lifestyle line Citizens of Humanity recently unveiled a dramatic new look for its 4,000-square-foot West Coast showroom at the Lady Liberty building in downtown Los Angeles.
Showroom Profile: The Hanger showroom, Dakota Showroom
New Lines
Sharing the same space, Selena Slogar’s The Hanger showroom and Christie Danielson’s Dakota showroom each has its own aesthetic. The Hanger primarily carries Australian lines, and many of Dakota’s collections are from the United Kingdom.
Showroom Profile: Hatch
New Lines
After more a decade in The New Mart, the Hatch showroom has moved to the Cooper Design Space.
One Tough Mother Is Back
Manufacturing
The 91-year-old chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear has never been one to shy away from the camera.
Showroom Profile: HyFve
New Lines
For years, HyFve has had a large showroom at 10th and Crocker streets in the Los Angeles Fashion District, where it sold Immediate goods to store buyers.
Showroom Profile: Blankslate Showroom
New Lines
From London to Los Angeles … with a pit stop in West Palm Beach, Fla. That is part of the business plan of the Blankslate Showroom, which opened at The New Mart for the Spring ’16 LA Fashion Market.
Barbara Fields Spring Summer 2016 Trends: Hippie, White Fabrics, and Sports
Events
The 1970s hippie has come back.
Directives West Outlines Major Trends for Spring 2016 in Runway Show
Directives West
Store buyers packed the Fashion Theater in the California Market Center to see the semiannual trend show presented by buying office Directives West.
