Vans' Custom Kicks for the Arts Contest
Fashion Competition
Vans is kicking off its 6th-annual Vans Custom Culture competition for high school art programs and students.
Agenda: Show Starts, Grab Yer Caps
Streetwear and action sports brands love caps, and Agenda trade show is all about streetwear, action sports and fashion. So being good trade show producers, Agenda will give its VIP streetwear and action sports people what they want. Caps! Think caps from Hurley, Herschel Supply Co., and DeathWish Skateboards, which will be given to VIPs at the Agenda trade show in Long Beach, CA., which starts today.
France’s Famously Fashionable Immigrants
Fashion Exhibition
Issey Miyake, Martin Margiela and Charles Frederick Worth are among the designers featured in the “Fashion Mix” exhibition at the Museum of Immigration History in Paris.
Victoria's Secret Unveils 2015 Swimwear Collection
Fashion
Victoria's Secret reveals trends for its 2015 swimwear collection.
Retro Street for PacSun Exclusive
YG x RVCA
The music of tattooed rapper YG shot up Billboard charts in 2013. In 2015, he’s starting on a fashionable note thanks to a partnership with RVCA, one of the leading lifestyle, fashion and action-sports brands to come out of Orange County, Calif., in the past decade.
Made-in-USA Capsule Collection Blends Heritage With High-End Details
Karl Kani
Streetwear designer Karl Kani is coming home, so to speak. The Brooklyn native, who has been based in Los Angeles since the 1990s, recently launched an American-made capsule collection for men and women.
Brand Buiding Starts With the Hat
Sunset.Vintage.Flex
Eventually, Sunset.Vintage.Flex will offer all categories of clothes, said Rico Curry, the Los Angeles–area line’s founder. Yet since it started in 2013, the nascent brand’s focus is on headwear.
Made-to-Measure for the 21st Century
Custom-Made and Accessible
Custom made-to-measure clothing has been a luxury few could afford until recently, when a renewed interest in craftsmanship over disposable fashion gave rise to another side of the fashion industry: companies that offer made-to-measure tailoring and custom design at relatively affordable prices and timely turn times.
Business Journals Steps Up Partnerships With Co-Location Plans With ENK for April Shows
Business Journals Inc.—the New York–based organizer of the Moda, Accessories The Show and Fame trade shows—announced plans to shift its May show dates and co-locate with ENK’s Intermezzo and Accessorie Circuit at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
A Peek Into the Flagship Remodel
The Hundreds
In a business where the remodel of a flagship store can take more than a year, The Hundreds, a high-profile streetwear brand, wasted no time in getting its flagship back in the game.
Frederick’s of Hollywood Losing Lease on Flagship Store
Real Estate
Since 2005, Frederick’s of Hollywood has had its flagship store sitting appropriately enough at 6751 Hollywood Blvd., one block away from the Hollywood & Highland retail center and in the heart of the well-trafficked tourist district. But the lingerie store with a beautiful chandelier in the middle of the shop has lost its lease and has to move out by April 27, store staffers said.
Anatomy of Fashion Week
Behind the Scenes
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week hired Sarasota-based Fawley Bryant Architects Inc. to come up with a more-efficient design for New York Fashion Week.
A.P.C. Moves Opening Dates for LA Stores
Retail
French brand A.P.C. pushes back opening dates in downtown LA and Silver Lake.
Longshore Union Wants to See More Shipping Line Honchos at the Negotiating Table
Talks between longshore workers and their employers have been slogging along since last May with no end in sight for a new contract that would replace the last contract that expired July 1.
Buyout Firm Lion Capital Urges American Apparel Sale
The pressure keeps mounting for American Apparel to put itself on the auction block.
Frederick's of Hollywood Losing Lease on Flagship Store
Retail
Frederick's of Hollywood losing lease on Hollywood Boulevard store.
2014 in Review: Notable Retail Openings and Closings
Ace Hotel takes a bow in downtown Los Angeles. Many hope the boutique hotel will be the catalyst to bring high-end retail to downtown’s Fashion District.
New California Laws Will Change Some Workplace Rules in 2015
A new year means a flurry of new workplace laws that go into effect.
