After a Pure Play E-Commerce Debut, Buck Mason to Open Abbot Kinney Store
Locally Made Jeans & Tees
The Los Angeles–headquartered Buck Mason brand has found success in every forum that uses electricity and screens. But the next step for the brand is based on concrete. It will open a Buck Mason bricks-and-mortar location.
Sloane Rouge Hits the Arts District to Showcase Collections
Manufacturing
Going artsy, Sloane Rouge picks a hip cafe in the Arts District as the spot to highlight three seasons of clothes.
The Gores Group Set to Sell Big Strike Clothing Company
Manufacturing
After four years, The Gores Group is selling Big Strike.
The Door Revolves Again on the American Apparel Board
Manufacturing
More than five months after taking over as chief executive of American Apparel, Paula Schneider now sits on the clothing company’s board of directors.
Katin's Summer Kickoff Party
Katin's Summer kickoff party made a splash at BLVD clothing in Manhattan Beach.
Planet Blue's Full Moon Bazaar
Planet Blue celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month with a Full Moon Bazaar party at Skybar ath the Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood. The crowd was filled with beautiful people and some of Planet Blue’s favorite brands dropped by to open a mini-market at the chi-chi club. Check it out.
Gap Inc to Close 175 Stores
Retail
Gap Inc. will close 175 stores, mostly in North America, including 140 stores which will shutter this year. A limited number of stores will be closed in Europe.
LASC’s Pride Blow-Out
Call it a community service. The City of West Hollywood is the site of a giant Pride Celebration which attracts thousands of people. For the sixth year, West Hollywood’s LASC boutique added to the city’s festivities by producing its own gala Pride party. Check out pictures of LASC's 2015 Pride Party which took place on June 14. Check it out.
Rich Honey Boutique to DTLA
“We Are The Future of T-shirt” Blanks exclaims a message of the Rich Honey website. The label’s future should include a store. A sign bearing the label’s logo was posted over the former atelier for Nicholas Bowes, at 210 W. 8th St., at the corner of Spring Street and W. 8th Street.
Onitsuka Tiger + original Japanese textiles by Makumo
Footwear/Textiles Collab
Onitsuka Tiger, the lifestyle brand owned by ASICS, struck a partnership with Japanese textile maker Makumo for a capsule collection of shoes for men and women featuring original Makumo prints.
The Lost Warhols at Guerilla Atelier
Andy Warhol’s memory will continue to burn bright if Karen Bystedt has anything to do with it. Her intimate portraits of the influential artist were displayed at Guerilla Atelier boutique in downtown Los Angeles. A reception was held for the show Los Warhols: The Bare Images on June 11.
Nordstrom Plans Full-Line Store at Proposed Caruso Mall
Retail
Last month a campaign commenced for a land-use change for 203 acres of waterfront real estate in Carlsbad, Calif., but lobbying for the campaign recently a high pitch.
After Abbot Kinney Experiment, Castelli’s New Store
Venice Heights
After starting an interesting experiment in retail real estate on Los Angeles’ high-profile Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Paulina Castelli moved her men’s fashion and gifts boutique off of the street to another part of Los Angeles’ Venice section
Hana’s Kim and Avant’s Blanco Honored at Black & White Ball
National Jewish Health
It was a sea of black-and-white formalwear at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles when apparel-industry executives gathered to honor Sunnie S. Kim, and George P. Blanco.
LA Market Draws Low Foot Traffic But Committed Buyers
LA Fashion Market
It looked like a typically lightly trafficked June market, but exhibitors reported seeing committed buyers from across the state and across the country—as well as a few from Japan—during the June 8–11 run of Los Angeles Fashion Market.
Stephanie Gilmore, 2nd Woman to Win SIMA Surfing Award
Swim/Surf
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association announced last week that Stephanie Gilmore, a six-time winner of the Association of Surfing Professionals’ women’s tour, will be honored with its Waterman of the Year award.
L.A. Avant Garde Outpost Weltenbuerger Closing
Retail
The name may have sounded unintelligible to many Los Angelenos, but Weltenbuerger strived to represent elegant, avant-garde fashion in Los Angeles, famously a jeans, T-shirt and casual-fashion town.
The Secret to Combining Costume Design With Fashion Design
Fashion | Manufacturing | Events
Costume designers and fashion designers are two separate worlds, but in recent years the two professions have begun to overlap.
