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GUESS JEANS Opens Los Angeles Homecoming Flagship
By Alexandra Romero, Contributing Writer | February 12, 2026
GUESS JEANS opened its Los Angeles Homecoming Store at Melrose Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard Jan. 31, signaling a return to the brand’s California roots and the next phase of its global retail strategy.
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Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall '09: Noir Trunk Show at Petro Zillia
Fashion fans got a jump-start on Los Angeles Fashion Week on March 12, when designer Nony Tochterman hosted a trunk show and party at her House of Petro Zillia boutique on Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall '09: Trovata
TrovataMarch 11, 2009Apartment 9, Beverly Hills, Calif.Trovata can weave a story as masterfully as it constructs a garment. The Newport Beach, Calif.–based fashion label opened a pop-up shop for its Spring 2009 collection at the Ap...
Los Angeles Firm Dresses Men for On-Air Success
CBS sportscaster Greg Gumbel—a cutoff blue jeans and sandals kind of guy—doesn’t want to be a fashion plate off the air. On camera, however, a well-groomed Gumbel doesn’t pull any punches.
CLAD Refocuses As L.A. Fashion Week Begins
The Coalition of Los Angeles Designers (CLAD) has refocused its mission against the backdrop of an emerging fashion week in Los Angeles. The two-year-old non-profit designer organization compiled the fashion week calendar including fashion shows and events during the Nov. 2–6 Los Angeles market.
Canadian Twins Tap Into California Cool
Canadian-born twin brothers Chip and Pepper Foster are riding a current wave of success with their clothing line Golf Punk and retail stores of the same name, but this is just the latest apparel-related endeavor for the two.
Independent Designers Strive to Build Brands, Fend Off Imitators
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but perhaps not in the fashion business, where designers strive to strike the right balance between innovation and salability, while building—and protecting—their brands.
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: David Cardona
David Cardona showed his darker side this season by presenting a predominantly all-black collection at Audi Presents Designer Collections of Los Angeles Fashion Week. The designer set a dramatic mood with classical music and girls made up with glossy black lips, iridescent skin and slicked or spiked hair.
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Jared Gold
Designer Jared Gold’s Spring/Summer 2002 collection, Golden Syndrome, and the designer’s haunting rendition of a Khatchaturian piano concerto struck a chord of inspiration for fashion-show attendees at Audi Presents Designer Collections of Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Michelle Mason
Michelle Mason offered more than just a new collection at her Spring 2002 show on Nov. 3. She offered inspiration for everyone who has been affected by the events of Sept. 11. Her show was a benefit on behalf of Refugees International, an advocacy organization that serves as a voice for refugees, displaced persons and other vulnerable populations around the world.
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Gen Art#039;s Fresh Faces in Fashion
Classic silhouettes met the bold and the brazen during ...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Petro Zillia
Teenagers they’re not, but Yosi Dori and Nony Tochterman, the husband-and-wife team behind Petro Zillia, are avid rave fans....
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Eduardo Lucero
If there’s one thing Eduardo Lucero knows how to do well it’s make a woman look and feel like a “woman.” And no matter what source lies behind his inspiration, he always seems to ...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: Cornell Collins
Designers often look to the exotic and the voluptuous as their muse. Not Cornell Collins. In his fourth season, Collins drew inspiration from the petulant Nellie Oleson character fro...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002: New Arrivals
Always full of surprises, the
Hearing-Impaired Designer Hears the Call of Fashion
Mona Thalheimer, hearing, impaired, designer, fashion, Mona and co, contemporary, line, Los Angeles, apparel, industry
