Gerber Releases Atria Digital Cutter, 'Its Smartest Machine'
TECHNOLOGY
Gerber Technology has been developing automated cutting systems since the 1960s, and in November it will write a new chapter in its history of cutting systems when it releases the Gerber Atria Digital Cutter, which it calls the smartest machine to be manufactured in the company’s history.
Loonar Brand Starts As a Social-Media Sensation
FASHION
Los Angeles-area high-school students and Loonar founders Jack Schwartz and Mateo Santamaria got their brand’s face masks to influencers and celebs such as Post Malone.
Italian Brand Iceberg Works With Kailand Morris On T-shirt for Watts Empowerment Center
FASHION
Italian high-end sportswear company Iceberg made an Oct. 21 donation to the Watts Empowerment Center, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization serving children, youth and families at the Watts Housing Project in South Los Angeles.
VFW Launches Vegan Fashion Library With a Showroom in DTLA
FASHION
As the Spring 2021 fashion weeks around the world were produced using limited-capacity and outdoor runway shows, filmed presentations, and virtual garment showcases using digital models, Vegan Fashion Week founder and producer Emmanuelle Rienda bypassed the production of an October event. Instead, Rienda prepared to unveil her next new venture to promote vegan work within the fashion industry.
Unkosher Market: Yiddish, T-shirts, Nail Polish and…Laughs!
FASHION AND BEAUTY
This year, apparel-and-lifestyle brand Unkosher Market released nail polish inspired by the colors of a bagel and lox. For the 2020 election, the brand will release a tote bag with the slogan, “If you don’t vote, you can’t kvetch.” Oy! The Chutzpah!
True Religion Out of Bankruptcy
RETAIL
The True Religion brand emerged from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 19, according to a statement from Michael Buckley, the company's chief executive officer.
Gap Unveils Dream The Future
RETAIL
The holidays are approaching and specialty-retail giant Gap typically releases a holiday commercial that pundits call heartwarming.
Los Angeles Retail Real Estate Shows Slight Recovery
RETAIL
Omni-channel retail tossed a lifeline to commercial real estate in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities during the second and third quarters of 2020, according to a recently released report from CBRE, a commercial-real-estate and advisory firm.
FIDM Fashion-Design Co-Chairs Introduce 'Vote! It's in Fashion' Campaign
FASHION
As the 2020 election season entered its final two weeks, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising saw its fashion-design co-chairs develop a campaign that is aimed at encouraging students to vote.
Z Supply Unveils Digital Wholesale Platform
TECHNOLOGY
Z Supply, the Costa Mesa, Calif., manufacturer of contemporary women’s styles, is getting into the technology game.
Amazon Says It Raked in Billions on Prime Day, Focusing on Small Businesses
RETAIL
Billions of dollars were spent on goods ranging from vacuums to card games during the sixth annual Amazon Prime Day, which ran Oct. 13–14.
Informa Markets Fashion Promotes Helfman, Peskin and Rudow
TRADE SHOWS
More than a month after Informa Markets Fashion unveiled digital trade shows for its MAGIC anchor and sibling shows such as Project, the trade-show producer announced the promotions of executives who helped direct the digital trade shows.
H&M Releases Denim Collection to Promote Circularity
Sustainability
Aligning its denim production with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Make Fashion Circular initiative, H&M launched its H&M Jeans Redesign men's denim collection on Oct. 15.
JustFab Introduces Kelly Rowland for JustFab
FASHION
Kelly Rowland released a music single and a fashion line.
Em:body Works With the Human Body to Achieve Fitness Goals
Manufacturing
“Almost every single one of them either said something about their lower stomach, bloating or water weight, or it was about looking good naked,” Vollarth said. “There are waist trainers and waist belts, but they tried them and didn’t like the way they looked or they just felt too bulky.”
For LA Textile, CMC Experiments With Talk Show Style Presentations
LA Textile Uploaded
Following its debut during the August edition of L.A. Market Week, the CMC Uploaded virtual platform was used again by the management of the California Market Center to host the CMC’s popular biannual textile-and-fabrics show, LA Textile.
Thom Browne Produces Science Fiction Fashion Film at L.A Coliseum
Spring Victory
For his Spring 2021 ready-to-wear presentation, New York designer Thom Browne hosted a global event for Paris Fashion Week by producing a show filmed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
FMNC Wraps Up Last Show of 2020
Trade Shows
While many trade shows reacted to the COVID-19 rules against in-person gatherings by producing virtual shows, the regional Fashion Market Northern California took a different path. It reacted against COVID by producing its first open-air show, which ran Oct. 4–6 in San Mateo, Calif.
After Building Brand in Taiwan, Vast Hopes To Bring Back Business to USA
Manufacturing
Growing up in Los Angeles, Sam Yang surfed and aspired to design his own surf-and-lifestyle brand that would be sold in California’s core shops in the category. He started a brand called Vast, which was inspired by the vastness of the oceans and exotic vistas where he hoped his travels would take him.
Entrepreneurs Forecast What Will Be in Factory of The Future
Trade Shows
The entire business of fashion has been undergoing major changes in the past decade. The Virtual Symposium, a webinar series produced by the TechTextil North America and Texprocess Americas trade events, charted what may happen next with manufacturing. The Zoom panels were webcast on Oct. 7 and 8.
