Customs Revs Up Apparel and Textile Inspections
U.S. customs inspectors at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have begun to pore over apparel and textile imports coming in from Asia, trying to determine if the goods are undervalued or misclass...
AAPN Steps Up to Web 3.0
The Atlanta-based American Apparel Producers Network (AAPN) has launched a Web platform using Web 3.0 technology, enabling easier access to the organization’s resources, which include manufact...
Fashion's Night Out--Coast to Coast
Los Angeles designer Trina Turk opened her Third Street boutique to the fashion crowd on Sept. 10, joining the lineup of West Coast designers and stores participating in Fashion’s Night Out. ...
ASR Up, Class@ASR Draws New Buyers
SAN DIEGO—It wasn’t the madhouse it used to be, but the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo, now dubbed ASR Marketplace, showed definite signs of revival during its Sept. 10–12 r...
Knitwit Goes Green With #039;Tofu Cashmere#039;
Newport Beach, Calif.–based contemporary brand Knitwit launched a new soy/cashmere group it’s dubbing “Tofu Cashmere.”...
Shop Here If You're Nasty
To say that Sophia Amoruso has an eye for vintage is an understatement. Amoruso has transformed the refined art of thrifting into a thriving business with her Web site, Nasty Gal...
CFA, Wells Fargo to Host 'Crystal Ball' Economic Event
The California Fashion Association and Wells Fargo Trade Capital—along with a panel of industry experts—will take a look at the current economic environment and outlook for the future ...
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2010 Spring New York Fashion Week: Phillip Lim (FabSugar)New York Fashion Week: Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez shoot for soft spring styles (Los...
We've Come a Long Way, Baby
Levi's is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the launch of its women's jeans. Introduced in September 1934, Levi's "Lady Levi's Jeans" were the first jeans made for women. Before that, if women wanted to wear jeans they had to snag a pair from the guys. According to Levi's, the line was developed for Western women who hadbegun wearing men’s Levi’s jeans on ranches and farms, and for women towear to a popular new vacation destination – dude ranches....
This Is All Anna's Fault
(Image courtesy of Newscom)If "The Devil Wears Prada" is to believed, Anna Wintour is responsible for this: the first-ever Snuggie fashion show. Remember that scene where Miranda Priestly (aka Wintour)...
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Street Style: Some Shows Are Bringing Out The Toughest Kids in Class (Refinery 29)New York Fashion Week: G-Star Raw swims with the fishes,...
Skater and Surfer Playlist
Producers of the ASR fashion show took a stroll through the record store aisles—or in this digital era, the iTunes store plus some songs I recognized from Rock Band—for inspiration this season. The “Fashionably Loud” runway...
Denim to the Max
Hervé Léger by Max Azria Spring 2010, photos courtesy of Imaxtree/Elle.comThe latest denim craze is sexy, tighter than tight jeans. So it makes perfect sense that Max and Lubov Azria would take inspiration from denim when...
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Storecasting: Jack Spade Debuts Apparel and Accessories Collection at Apartment Number 9 (Racked LA)Tastmakers 2009: Katy Rodriguez (Los Angeles Times...
HX Surfboards as a Canvas
Bryden Lando adds an artistic touch to an HX surfboard. There is the idyllic Hawaiian resort paradise that you see in postcards and then there is the Hawaii inhabited by locals with a mischievous territorial bite. Or as Bryden Lando puts it on an HX graphic tee stamped with...
