FASHION
Art Hearts Fashion Wows Shanghai Audience With Debut Showcase
By Kelli Freeman, Contributing Writer | January 8, 2026
In keeping with its global expansion plans, Art Hearts Fashion debuted its Shanghai edition before closing out 2025. “Our debut in Shanghai represents the next step in connecting the world’s most innovative designers with audiences who appreciate boundary-pushing art, culture and fashion,” said Erik Rosete, founder and president.
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Bendoni Breaks Down Trend Science at FGILA Event
When Wendy K. Bendoni got her start in the trend-forecasting business, the job involved multiple overseas trips to international fashion capitals with a long lead time to distill the trends for the upcoming season.
Goldschmied Introduces Denim Capsule Made with Lenzing Refibra
At the Oct. 25–26 run of Kingpins Amsterdam, denim designer Adriano Goldschmied introduced a denim capsule collection made with Refibra, a newly launched fiber developed by Lenzing AG, the makers of Tencel.
Fields’ Top Five T-shirt Trends for Spring/Summer ‘18
Spring ’18 will be a time for bold-statement in details and trims.
Street Scene: Dressing to Impress at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic
A stylish crowd turned out on Oct. 14 for the eighth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Will Rogers State Historic Park in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
Fields: Spring/Summer 2018 Juniors’ Forecasts
For the Spring/Summer 2018 season, juniors will be wearing embroidered jeans, T-shirts with sequins and plaid blazers, forecast Barbara Fields of the Barbara Fields Buying Office.
Denim Dominates on the Runway at Directives West Trends Forecast
Directives West put the spotlight on Spring/Summer 2018 trends at the retail consultancy’s Oct. 2 runway show at the California Market Center. Trends included plenty of denim and feminine details such as ruffles, floral embroidery and off-the-shoulder silhouettes.
Top Fashion Student Grads Walk Down the Runway at Supima Design Competition
The idea behind the fashion show was this: Recent graduates from seven fashion design schools across the United States were given the assignment to take Supima cotton fabric and whip up capsule collections of women’s eveningwear for Supima’s 10th annual design competition, seen on the runway in New York on Sept. 7.
California Vibe at Art Hearts Fashion Week in New York
There were plenty of West Coast designers on the runway during the Arts Heart Fashion shows, held Sept. 7–11 at the Angel Orensanz Center, housed inside a Gothic Revival synagogue in New York.
Students from the Academy of Art University Hit the Runway
For some 12 years now, the recent graduates from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco have displayed their designs on the runway during New York Fashion Week.
Style Fashion Week Sees Three Days of Runway Shows During NYFW
Style Fashion Week opened its three-day event on Sept. 7 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid at Pier 86 in New York.
LA Designer Tadashi Shoji Unveils Spring/Summer ’18 at NYFW
Los Angeles designer Tadashi Shoji went with a more informal vibe for his Spring/Summer ’18 collection, which was seen on the runway during New York Fashion Week.
Getting Back Into the Apparel Business After a 20-Year Hiatus
Step into Trishia Grace’s compact atelier in West Hollywood and you will see her world of fashion influenced by delicate fabrics and femininity.
How Many More Laps Are Left for the Athleisure Trend?
Financial gurus around the United States have started to ask whether the prosperous athleisure trend is on its last run around the track.
Obituary: Paul Schnell, Designer for Don Loper, Ernst Strauss, Da-Rue of California, 90
Designer Paul Schnell died earlier this year at the age of 90. Best known as the designer for Ernst Strauss, a Los Angeles–based manufacturer of high-end women’s apparel in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, Schnell’s last job in the industry was as designer at Da-Rue California Inc., the maker of upscale updated apparel.
