Swim Collective Heading to New Home in August
Trade Show
Swim Collective, the 4-year-old West Coast swimwear trade show, will have a new home in August at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, Calif.
Ron Robinson's New Look
Ron Robinson has long been one of the most prominent retailers at the Fred Segal compound of boutiques. On Nov. 21, he debuted the new look for his StylObjects shop.
RHCreation Wins Big at Fashion Week San Diego
At Fashion Week San Diego, the audience voted for label RHCreation as the best designer label.
Denim Recycling Goes Big
Cotton Inc.'s Blue Jeans Go Green program celebrated recycling a million pieces of denim. It's to help communities in need.
Alchemy Works, a New Multi-Brand Shop, to Downtown Los Angeles
Alchemy Works
Apolis Common Gallery's sister store is a multi-brand shop
Alternative’s New S.F. Store Wants Consumers & Citizens
Retail
After building two stores in Los Angeles, basics brand Alternative, formerly Alternative Apparel, is scheduled to open a store in San Francisco on Dec. 8.
Ron Robinson Debuts 1st Pop-Up Shop at Independent Boutique
Pop-Up Downtown
Robinson opens a pop-up shop at Guerilla Atelier
Industry Voices: Protecting Your Fashion Designs Before Employees Leave
Manufacturing
Innovation is at the heart of the fashion industry.
Cherokee Takes Liz Lange to India
Manufacturing
Sherman Oaks, Calif.–based Cherokee Inc. struck a licensing deal with Mahindra Retail Pvt Ltd. to sell Liz Lange Maternity apparel in Mahindra’s Mom & Me stores throughout India.
Ralph Barnes to Helm Beverly Center
Retail
Ralph Barnes, operations director at the prominent Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles, has been promoted to general manager, it was announced recently.
Survey: RFID Poised to Hit $23.4 Billion in 2020
Technology
A new survey has RFID—radio frequency identification—technology on track to reach $23.4 billion in 2020.
Brand Building Behind the Scenes
Manufacturing
When a designer is first considering launching a line, the first step may be researching the market and creating mood boards, or it might be shopping for textiles or creating original prints and embellishments—followed by design, patternmaking and samples.
Business-to-Business Technology Solutions for Fashion Are Gaining Traction
Technology
Walk down the trade-show aisles 10 years ago, and most likely every desk had a stack of paper order forms. Today, it’s more common to see customers tapping an iPad to take notes and place orders through an application such as NuOrder.
Fields Report: Sweater Sales Are Jumping
Retail
The big surprise for fall merchandising for juniors is that sweater sales are skyrocketing.
Allen Schwartz Ventures into Young Contemporary and Plus Sizes
Brand Extension
The fashion veteran Allen Schwartz reinvents himself with new collections.
'Crowdfunding': Fashion Finds New Revenue From the Multitudes
Finance
With traditional funding increasingly hard to get, many entrepreneurs are seeking to raise funds on crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter Inc., based in New York, and Indiegogo Inc., headquartered in San Francisco.
Kickstarting a Blue Movement
Made in America
Jake Bronstein, the founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based men’s line Flint and Tinder, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund The Bluelace Project for made-in-America shoelaces.
Laurie B Stylin' at Marimekko
Finnish design company Marimekko crafted some bright, new looks for Holiday '13, stylist Laurie Brucker gave a talk on how to make the most of the color.
What the Boys Wore at the Movember Party
Manny J of The Gent's Closet Produced a Movember party at The Left Shoe on Nov. 20. Are these guys ahead of the fashion vanguard?
