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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Swarovski Looks to Spring/Summer 2018 for ‘New Perspectives’ Trend Forecast
The macro-trend for the Spring/Summer 2018 season is “disruption.” That was the word from Austrian crystal maker Swarovski, which presented its Spring/Summer 2018 forecast—titled “New Perspectives”—on March 8 at the Tuck Hotel, a newly opened boutique hotel in downtown LA’s fashion district.
Street Scene: Summer Inspiration
Miami Beach Street Scene
Most Read Stories of 2016
2016's Most Read Stories
2016 In Memoriam
2016 In Memoriam
Woodbury University Names New Head of Fashion Design Department
After several months of the position being vacant, Woodbury University has named Anna Leiker to be its chair of the fashion design department.
2016 Newsmakers: CFA Serves as the Hub of California’s Apparel Industry
For more than 20 years, the California Fashion Association has served as a central hub of the state’s apparel and textile industry. CFA President Ilse Metchek has been with the organization since it launched in 1995 in the aftermath of the El Monte sweatshop incident, drawing on her experience—and vast network—as a designer and manufacturer in Los Angeles to provide business information to its members.
2016 Newsmakers: Rosemary Brantley Leaves Otis as Fashion Department Exits DTLA
After 36 years as the founding fashion chair of the Otis College of Art and Design, Rosemary Brantley stepped down from the fashion program she founded in 1980. Brantley will remain the principal designer and business partner in her own women’s clothing label, Staples, which launched the same year she took over the fashion design department.
The People, Companies and Ideas that Made News in 2016
From high-profile bankruptcies in manufacturing, shipping and e-commerce to million-dollar development projects across the Southland, 2016 was a year of stark contrasts for the apparel industry.
Designer Platform Not Just a Label Expands to LA, Plans Outreach Initiative With City of LA
Not Just a Label (NJAL), the emerging designer platform launched in London in 2008, has expanded to the United States with the opening of a Los Angeles office by NJAL founder Stefan Siegel.
Trina Turk Marches Forward With New Store and New Looks
Trina Turk, the contemporary lifestyle designer known for her bright colors and mid-century–inspired prints evoking a resort vacation, is opening her 12th store next February in the Larchmont Village area of Los Angeles.
Spring/Summer ’17 Women’s Commercial Directions by Trendstop
Saturated shades create statement styles. Global fashion forecasting agency Trendstop gives us the lowdown on the key trends and essential applications affecting the SS17 commercial market.
Upbra: Building a Better Push-Up
Equipped with elastic and a tack stitch, Ron Redenius figures that he can manufacture the world’s best push-up bra.
FBI Sets Lineup for All Aboard Runway Fund-raiser and MAFI Award
Fashion Business Inc. will return to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 18 for the sixth annual All Aboard Runway Show and presentation of the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator Award.
