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Quiksilver Women's x Club98 Capsule Celebrates Female Surf Community
By Dorothy Crouch | January 21, 2022
Celebrating the female surf community, the QQuiksilver Women's x Club98 Capsule was recently released as a collaboration between the Huntington Beach, Calif., brand and the global organization of ocean lovers.
The New Window Shopping
For all those with a shopping addiction, hunting down the latest fashion finds has just been made a little bit easier.A new mobile app called Snapette lets users digitally browse products near...
Prince William and Princess Kate All Dolled Up
I'm sure Mattel, the Los Angeles maker of Barbie and Ken, is wishing it had thought of this one.A British toy company has come out with a Princess Kate wedding doll wearing a very close replica of the royal...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Fiat makes fashion statement with sexy "500 by Gucci (USA Today) Barneys partners with Lady Gaga for splashy holiday promo (Baltimore Sun)...
Tokidoki Parties For The Heck Of It
Tokidoki's Simone Legno, right, with fiancee Kaori Matsumoto. They will be married in Japan in November.Last Thursday night set the scene for some furious partying in Los Angeles’ fashion world.Reporters and the style savvy scrambled to the debuts of fashion lines like Banana Republic’s Mad Men...
Quality Peoples Makes Quality T-shirts
The surfers/artists behind Quality Peoples clothing did what most people working in a Dilbert comic dream of: “quit their jobs and moved to a foreign culture,” Ed Fladung to Mexico and John Esguerra to Hawaii. In fresh graphics, their...
Waterman's Ball: Wild Style & Saving the Environment
Fernando Aguerre, founder of Reef and president of International Surfing Association, wore 19th century coat, Duchamp golf pants and Peruvian Alpaca hat.Most awards shows are a disaster, but there was something glorious about the 22nd Annual Waterman’s Ball produced by Surf Industry...
Scenes from the Art Walk Protest
Midnight Ridazz on Spring StreetAs fashion retailers open a handful of new boutiques in downtown Los Angeles, the section’s burgeoning Downtown Art Walk is seen as crucial to getting crowds of people to their stores. But the art-inspired street party has...
Brazilian Footwear
Brazilian Footwear, a program in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investments Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), operates as an advocate for the policies favored by the Brazilian shoe industry. The program watches over the industry’s interests and acts...
7 Diamonds Relaunches
Still from the 7 Diamonds web filmThe business for men’s fashion brand 7 Diamonds has been strictly wholesale. But it waded into retail Aug. 12 when it relaunched its website 7diamonds.com. For the first time, the brand’s website will offer an...
Designer Schoolbags Packed With a Philanthropic Edge
For parents who are in the back-to-school mode, this schoolbag is for you.A San Francisco company, Schoolbags for Kids, has designed a great bag that is colorful yet practical. It's perfect for carrying...
The Cutting Room Floor at Shareen Vintage
video via Shareen Vintage blogIf you’ve never had the experience of having Shareen Mitchell put a belt on you, watching this may be the next best thing. Check out this video posted on the Shareen Now blog to peep on her stream of consciousness opinions and decisions on which items end...
Omega Collektiv's Starman Styles
Omega Collektiv's cocktail dress and leggings. Photo credit Felix Salzman/LookBook LAOmega Collektiv tried to storm the walls of a design ghetto with its fashion show on Aug. 3 Designer Ernie Omega wanted to prove avant garde clothes could be wearable with his label’s...
The Surf/Street/Skate Lifestyle at Agenda Huntington Beach
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Protest Against Cars for Next Art Walk
Street scene at Downtown Art Walk. Photo credit: Downtown Art Walk.The Down Town Art Walk is not a fashion event – yet. But it takes place just blocks away from California Apparel News’ office once a month,...
2WJD Party in Little Osaka
From left Monica Unique, Nina A, Samatha Rhodes, Roshanay A. all wearing JOI by Shiho Oribe.The words to describe the 2WJD boutique in Los Angeles’ Little Osaka section start with these: fun, stylish, Japano-fashion, and perhaps birthday girl....
