Sourcing & Fabric Resource Guide
Apparel trade week in Las Vegas offers comprehensive sourcing across the entire supply chain for manufacturers as well as retailers. At the Las Vegas Hilton, Sourcing at MAGIC represents hundreds of companies...
Revolution by Edwin: Vegan Fashion
Revolution by Edwin, a new animal-friendly line of handbags, offers handbags in alternative materials such as PVC and canvas. Designed by Santa Monica, Calif.–based Edwin Vlessing, the collec...
Winner Named in Roar Ferrari Contest, Company Launches Women's Line
Wichita, Kan., resident Delany Roberts will drive off with $100,000 in cash as the winner of the “Live the Roar Life Sweepstakes,” sponsored by Los Angeles–based Roar Clothing. ...
Finance Resource Guide
These established financial firms offer experience and expertise in the apparel industry. Their full range of factoring, finance, and receivables management services can help support and protect your business...
Orpheum, CMC to Host Daytime Emmys
The Los Angeles Fashion District will show its Hollywood side on Aug. 30, when, for the first time, it hosts the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards....
Anchor Blue Emerges From Bankruptcy
A few months after filing for bankruptcy, teen-clothing retailer Anchor Blue is out of the red....
Virtual Showrooms-Still Under Construction
Ever since American businesses embraced the Internet, there has been a steady stream of fashion entrepreneurs trying to build virtual fashion showrooms. ...
L.E.A.F. Asks For One Eco-Standard
A Santa Monica, Calif.–based nonprofit would like to become a definitive seal of approval for the eco-fashion business. On Aug. 24, it asked the public and fashion companies on how it could make sense ...
Avery Launches Spanish-Language Web Resource
Tags-and-labels supplier Avery Dennison has launched a Spanish-language Web site at
Counterfeit DVD Bust in L.A. Fashion District
More than 5,000 illegally manufactured DVDs were seized by the Los Angeles Police Department during a recent raid on a Los Angeles Fashion District store on the 300 block of E. Ninth Street....
Amber Sakai: Eco-Conscious With a Flattering Fit
Amber Sakai has lived many past lives within the fashion-industry sphere as a model, stylist, intimate-apparel co-designer of Brighdie Lingerie and co-founder of Four Girls patented...
AAFA Releases Updated Restricted-Substances List
The American Apparel & Footwear Association has published its fifth edition of the “AAFA Restricted-Substances List” for the apparel, footwear and home textile markets....
Oldies but Goodies Keep Vintage Retailers in the Money
Despite the poor sales numbers being reported by many mainstream retailers, vintage-clothing sales are holding strong for California’s growing legion of after-market retailers. However, rustling up mer...
Anti-Dumping Case Against Chinese, Taiwanese Ribbons Continues
Chinese and Taiwanese ribbon manufacturers will be investigated for dumping their goods into the U.S. market for less than fair market value after a complaint filed by a U.S. ribbon manufacturer....
Henry Hanger Goes Home With QVC
Henry Hanger was founded by a man who believed the right hanger could sell the clothes. After 80 years outfitting the racks of exclusive retailers and the closets of high-end hotels, the company is bringing its products into consumers' living rooms—thanks to QVC. On Aug. 25, the New York–based...
